Who appointed Gary L. Sharpe?

President George W. Bush appointed Gary L. Sharpe to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 2004.

Was Gary L. Sharpe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gary L. Sharpe was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gary L. Sharpe's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Gary L. Sharpe 95–0 on January 28, 2004.

Northern District of New York / Appointed 2004 / Served to 2024

Gary L. Sharpe

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, Gary L. Sharpe was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1947–2024
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: State of New York at Buffalo 1971 · Cornell Law School 1974
Succeeded: Thomas James McAvoy
Succeeded by: Anne Marie Nardacci

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Northern District of New York succeeded Thomas James McAvoy	G.W. Bush (R)	95–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 95–0 on January 28, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 6. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

44 D, 50 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 5

4 D, 1 R

Education

State University of New York at Buffalo	B.A.	1971
Cornell Law School	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Sharpe was assigned 2,435 district-court cases (1980–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 215 days across 2,430 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas20%

Civil rights16%

Other civil matters14%

Contract9%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other federal statutes8%

Other24%

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 258 of Sharpe’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 208 were affirmed, 32 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Sharpe authored 62 published opinions for the court (2001–2011). Most cited: Govan v. Campbell (346 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
2003	Govan v. Campbell	289 F. Supp. 2d 289	346
2008	Farid v. Bouey	554 F. Supp. 2d 301	123
2004	Whittaker v. Commissioner of Social Security	307 F. Supp. 2d 430	102
2010	Ellis v. Cohen & Slamowitz, LLP	701 F. Supp. 2d 215	83
2005	Barringer v. Commissioner of Social Security	358 F. Supp. 2d 67	80
2008	Overcash v. United Abstract Group, Inc.	549 F. Supp. 2d 193	39
2005	United States v. Miller	382 F. Supp. 2d 350	30
2011	Jordan v. Fischer	773 F. Supp. 2d 255	27
2010	Pellegrini v. Sovereign Hotels, Inc.	740 F. Supp. 2d 344	23
2005	Gravel v. Barnhart	360 F. Supp. 2d 442	20
2011	Clark v. Dominique	798 F. Supp. 2d 390	16
2007	Bain v. Town of Argyle	499 F. Supp. 2d 192	14
2010	Mahar v. US XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.	688 F. Supp. 2d 95	13
2010	Alleyne v. New York State Education Department	691 F. Supp. 2d 322	11
2009	Shanks v. VILLAGE OF CATSKILL BOARD OF TRUSTEES	653 F. Supp. 2d 158	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 62 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 L. Sharpe?: President George W. Bush appointed Gary L. Sharpe to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 2004.
Was Gary L. Sharpe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gary L. Sharpe was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gary L. Sharpe's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Gary L. Sharpe 95–0 on January 28, 2004.
Which court was Gary L. Sharpe on?: Gary L. Sharpe was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Sources

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