Who appointed Francisco Augusto Besosa?

President George W. Bush appointed Francisco Augusto Besosa to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 2006.

Was Francisco Augusto Besosa appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Francisco Augusto Besosa was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Francisco Augusto Besosa's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Francisco Augusto Besosa 87–0 on September 25, 2006.

District of Puerto Rico / Appointed 2006 / Senior status since 2022

Francisco Augusto Besosa

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by the Senate 87–0, Francisco Augusto Besosa is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2006
Confirmed: 87–0
Education: Brown 1971 · Georgetown Law Center 1979
Succeeded: Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez
Succeeded by: Camille Lizette Vélez-Rivé

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	District of Puerto Rico succeeded Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez	G.W. Bush (R)	87–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 87–0 on September 25, 2006 · 109th Congress, Roll Call 253. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 87

37 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 13

7 D, 6 R

Education

Brown University	A.B.	1971
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Besosa was assigned 2,098 district-court cases (1989–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 285 days across 1,943 closed cases.

Real property23%

Criminal11%

Civil rights11%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Other civil matters10%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other26%

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 244 of Besosa’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 166 were affirmed, 52 reversed or vacated, and 26 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, Besosa authored 215 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Fina Air Inc. v. United States (28 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
2008	Fina Air Inc. v. United States	555 F. Supp. 2d 321	28
2010	Sanchez-Perez v. Sanchez-Gonzalez	717 F. Supp. 2d 187	21
2010	Cruz-Gascot v. Hima-San Pablo Hospital Bayamon	728 F. Supp. 2d 14	20
2008	MVM INC. v. Rodriguez	568 F. Supp. 2d 158	20
2010	TC INVESTMENTS, CORP. v. Becker	733 F. Supp. 2d 266	16
2009	Colon-Fontanez v. Municipality of San Juan	671 F. Supp. 2d 300	16
2009	Portugues-Santa v. B. Fernandez Hermanos, Inc.	614 F. Supp. 2d 221	16
2009	Cortes-Rivera v. Department of Correction & Rehabilitation	617 F. Supp. 2d 7	16
2010	United States v. Landron-Class	705 F. Supp. 2d 154	15
2009	Febus-Cruz v. Sauri-Santiago	652 F. Supp. 2d 140	14
2009	Colon-Andino v. Toledo-Davila	634 F. Supp. 2d 220	13
2011	VAZQUEZ-BALDONADO v. Domenech	792 F. Supp. 2d 218	12
2010	Calderon-Cardona v. Democratic People's Republic	723 F. Supp. 2d 441	12
2007	Concepcion v. MUNICIPALITY OF GURADBO	558 F. Supp. 2d 149	12
2010	RIVERA CONCEPCION v. Puerto Rico	682 F. Supp. 2d 164	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 215 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 Francisco Augusto Besosa?: President George W. Bush appointed Francisco Augusto Besosa to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 2006.
Was Francisco Augusto Besosa appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Francisco Augusto Besosa was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Francisco Augusto Besosa's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Francisco Augusto Besosa 87–0 on September 25, 2006.
Which court is Francisco Augusto Besosa on?: Francisco Augusto Besosa is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Sources

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