Frederic Block
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Frederic Block is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1934 · age 92
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Indiana 1956 · Cornell Law School 1959
- Succeeded
- Eugene Hoffman Nickerson
- Succeeded by
- Brian Mark Cogan
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Eugene Hoffman Nickerson | 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
| Indiana University | A.B. | 1956 |
| Cornell Law School | LL.B. | 1959 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Block was assigned 9,415 district-court cases (1984–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 222 days across 9,115 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 175 of Block’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 141 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Block authored 176 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Santillan v. Henao (101 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Santillan v. Henao | 822 F. Supp. 2d 284 | 101 |
| 2001 | Correa v. Duncan | 172 F. Supp. 2d 378 | 55 |
| 1995 | Hope v. Cortines | 872 F. Supp. 14 | 55 |
| 1995 | Ivy Mar Co., Inc. v. CR Seasons Ltd. | 907 F. Supp. 547 | 50 |
| 2010 | Canales v. Commissioner of Social Security | 698 F. Supp. 2d 335 | 49 |
| 1996 | Wall v. Mattituck-Cutchogue School District | 945 F. Supp. 501 | 45 |
| 2006 | In Re Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc. Securities Litigation | 418 F. Supp. 2d 164 | 44 |
| 2001 | Aiello v. Town of Brookhaven | 136 F. Supp. 2d 81 | 35 |
| 2004 | Straker v. Metropolitan Transit Authority | 333 F. Supp. 2d 91 | 29 |
| 1998 | Perdue v. City University of New York | 13 F. Supp. 2d 326 | 29 |
| 2002 | Jacques v. DiMarzio, Inc. | 200 F. Supp. 2d 151 | 27 |
| 2006 | Guzman v. Greene | 425 F. Supp. 2d 298 | 26 |
| 1997 | Scott v. Goodman | 961 F. Supp. 424 | 26 |
| 2002 | Hill v. Airborne Freight Corp. | 212 F. Supp. 2d 59 | 24 |
| 1999 | Brown v. Stone | 66 F. Supp. 2d 412 | 23 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 176 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 Frederic Block?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Frederic Block to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1994.
- Was Frederic Block appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Frederic Block was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Frederic Block's confirmation vote?
- Frederic Block was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Frederic Block on?
- Frederic Block is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).