Who appointed Frank C. Damrell Jr.?

President William J. Clinton appointed Frank C. Damrell Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1997.

Was Frank C. Damrell Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Frank C. Damrell 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 Frank C. Damrell Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Frank C. Damrell Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on November 9, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of California / Appointed 1997 / Served to 2011

Frank C. Damrell Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank C. Damrell Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1938 · age 88
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of California, Berkeley 1961 · Yale Law School 1964
Succeeded: Edward J. Garcia
Succeeded by: Kimberly Jo Mueller

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Eastern District of California succeeded Edward J. Garcia	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

University of California, Berkeley	B.A.	1961
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1964

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Damrell was assigned 3,190 district-court cases (1989–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 252 days across 3,189 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas40%

Civil rights24%

Contract8%

Other federal statutes6%

Personal-injury torts5%

Social Security4%

Other12%

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 265 of Damrell’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 224 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 23 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, Damrell authored 111 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Korn v. Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. (116 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	Korn v. Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.	536 F. Supp. 2d 1199	116
2009	Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community v. California	649 F. Supp. 2d 1063	53
2001	California Independent System Operator Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc.	181 F. Supp. 2d 1111	53
2008	Hood v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance	567 F. Supp. 2d 1221	44
2009	Cytosport, Inc. v. Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	617 F. Supp. 2d 1051	36
1998	Tam v. Immigration & Naturalization Service	14 F. Supp. 2d 1184	29
2007	Costa v. National Action Financial Services	634 F. Supp. 2d 1069	28
2010	Walters v. Fidelity Mortgage of California, Inc.	730 F. Supp. 2d 1185	26
2010	Von Koenig v. Snapple Beverage Corp.	713 F. Supp. 2d 1066	26
2005	Meridian Project Systems, Inc. v. Hardin Construction Co.	404 F. Supp. 2d 1214	26
2009	Keen v. American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc.	664 F. Supp. 2d 1086	19
2009	Vierria v. California Highway Patrol	644 F. Supp. 2d 1219	17
2001	Modesto City Schools v. Riso Kagaku Corp.	157 F. Supp. 2d 1128	16
2009	Harbison v. American Motorists Insurance	636 F. Supp. 2d 1030	12
2009	Multifamily Captive Group, LLC v. Assurance Risk Managers, Inc.	629 F. Supp. 2d 1135	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 111 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 Frank C. Damrell Jr.?: President William J. Clinton appointed Frank C. Damrell Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1997.
Was Frank C. Damrell Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Frank C. Damrell 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 Frank C. Damrell Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Frank C. Damrell Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on November 9, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Frank C. Damrell Jr. on?: Frank C. Damrell Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Sources

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