Who appointed Ewing Werlein Jr.?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Ewing Werlein Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1992.

Was Ewing Werlein Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Ewing Werlein Jr. was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Ewing Werlein Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Ewing Werlein Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 8, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Texas / Appointed 1992 / Senior status since 2006

Ewing Werlein Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Ewing Werlein Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1936 · age 90
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Southern Methodist 1958 · University of Texas Law 1961
Succeeded by: Gray Hampton Miller

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Southern District of Texas	G.H.W. Bush (R)	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

Southern Methodist University	B.A.	1958
University of Texas School of Law	LL.B.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Werlein was assigned 7,707 district-court cases (1983–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 239 days across 7,437 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas24%

Contract20%

Civil rights12%

Personal-injury torts10%

Other civil matters7%

Other federal statutes6%

Other21%

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 228 of Werlein’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 184 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, Werlein authored 54 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Texas Employers Insurance v. Underwriting Members of Lloyds (20 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
1993	Texas Employers Insurance v. Underwriting Members of Lloyds	836 F. Supp. 398	20
1993	Butcher v. City of Houston	813 F. Supp. 515	20
1993	Polly v. Houston Lighting & Power Co.	825 F. Supp. 135	17
1996	American Stone Diamond, Inc. v. Lloyds of London	934 F. Supp. 839	13
1992	Porter v. Shearson Lehman Bros. Inc.	802 F. Supp. 41	13
2007	Deep Marine Technology, Inc. v. Conmaco/Rector, L.P.	515 F. Supp. 2d 760	11
2006	DP Wagner Manufacturing Inc. v. Pro Patch Systems, Inc.	434 F. Supp. 2d 445	11
2003	McQueen v. United States	264 F. Supp. 2d 502	11
1998	In Re Paracelsus Corp., Securities Litigation	6 F. Supp. 2d 626	11
1992	Clayton v. Nabisco Brands, Inc.	804 F. Supp. 882	11
1998	In Re Paracelsus Corp. Securities Litigation	61 F. Supp. 2d 591	10
1995	Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union & Its Local 4-612 v. CIT Group/Capital Equipment Financing, Inc.	898 F. Supp. 451	10
2003	Pro-Life Cougars v. University of Houston	259 F. Supp. 2d 575	8
1997	In Re Gregory	214 B.R. 570	8
1996	Becerra v. Asher	921 F. Supp. 1538	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 54 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 Ewing Werlein Jr.?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Ewing Werlein Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1992.
Was Ewing Werlein Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ewing Werlein Jr. was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ewing Werlein Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Ewing Werlein Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 8, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Ewing Werlein Jr. on?: Ewing Werlein Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Sources

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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).