Who appointed Gary Allen Feess?

President William J. Clinton appointed Gary Allen Feess to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1999.

Was Gary Allen Feess appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gary Allen Feess was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gary Allen Feess's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Gary Allen Feess 94–4 on June 30, 1999.

Central District of California / Appointed 1999 / Served to 2015

Gary Allen Feess

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by the Senate 94–4, Gary Allen Feess was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: 94–4
Education: Ohio State 1970 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1974
Succeeded: James M. Ideman
Succeeded by: Andre Birotte Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Central District of California succeeded James M. Ideman	Clinton (D)	94–4

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 94–4 on June 30, 1999 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 190. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 94

45 D, 49 R

Voted against · 4

4 R

Did not vote · 2

2 R

Connie Mack(R-FL)
George Voinovich(R-OH)

Education

Ohio State University	B.A.	1970
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Feess was assigned 4,957 district-court cases (1992–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 207 days across 4,956 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas16%

Civil rights16%

Intellectual property12%

Contract12%

Other federal statutes12%

Personal-injury torts11%

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 216 of Feess’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 180 were affirmed, 23 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Feess authored 59 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: Quevedo v. MACY'S, INC. (32 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	Quevedo v. MACY'S, INC.	798 F. Supp. 2d 1122	32
2004	New. Net, Inc. v. Lavasoft	356 F. Supp. 2d 1090	32
2011	McKenzie v. Federal Express Corp.	765 F. Supp. 2d 1222	29
2005	National Resources Defense Council v. United States Department of Defense	388 F. Supp. 2d 1086	28
2000	Ovando v. City of Los Angeles	92 F. Supp. 2d 1011	27
2007	In Re Wet Seal, Inc. Securities Litigation	518 F. Supp. 2d 1148	26
2003	Roberts v. DiCarlo	296 F. Supp. 2d 1182	24
2003	Kournikova v. General Media Communications, Inc.	278 F. Supp. 2d 1111	18
2006	Rosenkrantz v. Marshall	444 F. Supp. 2d 1063	17
2001	Stencel v. Fairchild Corp.	174 F. Supp. 2d 1080	17
2011	Kohler v. REDNAP, INC.	794 F. Supp. 2d 1091	16
2000	Song v. Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS)	82 F. Supp. 2d 1121	15
2009	Intamin, Ltd. v. Magnetar Technologies Corp.	623 F. Supp. 2d 1055	14
2007	Arcilla v. Adidas Promotional Retail Operations, Inc.	488 F. Supp. 2d 965	13
2006	Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain	461 F. Supp. 2d 1157	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 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 Gary Allen Feess?: President William J. Clinton appointed Gary Allen Feess to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1999.
Was Gary Allen Feess appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gary Allen Feess was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gary Allen Feess's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Gary Allen Feess 94–4 on June 30, 1999.
Which court was Gary Allen Feess on?: Gary Allen Feess was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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