Edmund A. Sargus Jr.
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Edmund A. Sargus Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1953 · age 73
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1996
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brown 1975 · Case Western Reserve Law 1978
- Succeeded
- Carl Bernard Rubin
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Southern District of Ohio succeeded Carl Bernard Rubin | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Brown University | A.B. | 1975 |
| Case Western Reserve University School of Law | J.D. | 1978 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Sargus was assigned 33,554 district-court cases (1990–2026), including large consolidated multidistrict litigation. Median time from filing to termination: 538 days across 9,810 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 585 of Sargus’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 478 were affirmed, 67 reversed or vacated, and 40 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Sargus authored 122 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Jamhour v. Scottsdale Insurance (57 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jamhour v. Scottsdale Insurance | 211 F. Supp. 2d 941 | 57 |
| 2000 | In Re SmarTalk Teleservices, Inc. Securities Litigation | 124 F. Supp. 2d 527 | 32 |
| 1998 | Hill v. Mitchell | 30 F. Supp. 2d 997 | 31 |
| 2000 | In Re SmarTalk Teleservices, Inc. Securities Litigation | 124 F. Supp. 2d 505 | 29 |
| 2002 | Gliatta v. Tectum, Inc. | 211 F. Supp. 2d 992 | 27 |
| 2006 | Klaus v. Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co. of Ohio | 437 F. Supp. 2d 706 | 21 |
| 2011 | Fox v. BROWN MEMORIAL HOME, INC. | 761 F. Supp. 2d 718 | 16 |
| 2006 | Mitchell v. Abercrombie & Fitch, Co. | 428 F. Supp. 2d 725 | 16 |
| 2003 | United States v. Ohio Edison Co. | 276 F. Supp. 2d 829 | 16 |
| 2000 | Wellman v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. | 98 F. Supp. 2d 919 | 16 |
| 2000 | Arthur v. Armco, Inc. | 122 F. Supp. 2d 876 | 16 |
| 2004 | Benge v. Johnson | 312 F. Supp. 2d 978 | 15 |
| 2003 | Local Union No. 172, Int'l Ass'n of Bridge, Structural Ornamental & Reinforcing Ironworkers v. P.J. Dick Inc. | 253 F. Supp. 2d 1022 | 15 |
| 2002 | White v. Honda of America Mfg., Inc. | 191 F. Supp. 2d 933 | 15 |
| 2008 | Persinger v. Extendicare Health Services, Inc. | 539 F. Supp. 2d 995 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 122 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Edmund A. Sargus Jr.?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Edmund A. Sargus Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1996.
- Was Edmund A. Sargus Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edmund A. Sargus Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edmund A. Sargus Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Edmund A. Sargus Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on July 22, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Edmund A. Sargus Jr. on?
- Edmund A. Sargus Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).