Who appointed F. Dennis Saylor IV?

President George W. Bush appointed F. Dennis Saylor IV to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2004.

Was F. Dennis Saylor IV appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

F. Dennis Saylor IV was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was F. Dennis Saylor IV's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed F. Dennis Saylor IV 89–0 on June 1, 2004.

District of Massachusetts / Appointed 2004 / Senior status since 2025

F. Dennis Saylor IV

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 89–0, F. Dennis Saylor IV is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1955 · age 71
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 89–0
Education: Northwestern 1977 · Harvard Law School 1981
Succeeded: Robert Ernest Keeton

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	District of Massachusetts succeeded Robert Ernest Keeton	G.W. Bush (R)	89–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 89–0 on June 1, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 104. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 89

40 D, 48 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 11

8 D, 3 R

Education

Northwestern University	B.S.	1977
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Saylor was assigned 4,510 district-court cases (1999–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 289 days across 4,074 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts22%

Other civil matters12%

Other federal statutes9%

Contract9%

Civil rights9%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Other30%

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 371 of Saylor’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 324 were affirmed, 31 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, Saylor authored 99 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Goddard v. Kelley (63 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
2009	Goddard v. Kelley	629 F. Supp. 2d 115	63
2011	Bosque v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	762 F. Supp. 2d 342	58
2005	Speakman v. Allmerica Financial Life Ins. & Annuity Co.	367 F. Supp. 2d 122	58
2011	Stagikas v. Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc.	795 F. Supp. 2d 129	30
2008	M-R Logistics, LLC v. Riverside Rail, LLC	537 F. Supp. 2d 269	30
2004	Armstrong v. Rohm and Haas Co., Inc.	349 F. Supp. 2d 71	29
2007	Leet v. Cellco Partnership	480 F. Supp. 2d 422	27
2010	Spencer v. Roche	755 F. Supp. 2d 250	26
2008	Som v. Daniels Law Offices, P.C.	573 F. Supp. 2d 349	26
2006	Boateng v. General Dynamics Corp.	460 F. Supp. 2d 270	25
2010	Fidelity International Currency Advisor a Fund, LLC v. United States	747 F. Supp. 2d 49	24
2009	Wiesman v. Hill	629 F. Supp. 2d 106	22
2007	Hofer v. Gap, Inc.	516 F. Supp. 2d 161	22
2005	Peterborough Oil Co. v. Great American Insurance	397 F. Supp. 2d 230	22
2009	Bolduc v. Town of Webster	629 F. Supp. 2d 132	20

Showing the 15 most-cited of 99 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 F. Dennis Saylor IV?: President George W. Bush appointed F. Dennis Saylor IV to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2004.
Was F. Dennis Saylor IV appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: F. Dennis Saylor IV was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was F. Dennis Saylor IV's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed F. Dennis Saylor IV 89–0 on June 1, 2004.
Which court is F. Dennis Saylor IV on?: F. Dennis Saylor IV is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Sources

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