George H. King
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, George H. King was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles 1971 · University of Southern California Gould Law 1974
- Succeeded by
- Mark Christopher Scarsi
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Central District of California | 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, Los Angeles | A.B. | 1971 |
| University of Southern California Gould School of Law | J.D. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, King was assigned 6,559 district-court cases (1989–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 160 days across 6,559 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 481 of King’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 371 were affirmed, 66 reversed or vacated, and 44 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, King authored 24 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: Palacio v. Progressive Insurance (20 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Palacio v. Progressive Insurance | 244 F. Supp. 2d 1040 | 20 |
| 2009 | Frontline Medical Associates, Inc. v. Coventry Healthcare Workers Compensation, Inc. | 620 F. Supp. 2d 1109 | 14 |
| 2006 | Matoff v. Brinker Restaurant Corp. | 439 F. Supp. 2d 1035 | 14 |
| 2007 | Butler v. Resurgence Financial, LLC | 521 F. Supp. 2d 1093 | 8 |
| 1999 | McClain v. Hill | 52 F. Supp. 2d 1133 | 6 |
| 2009 | POMBRIO v. Hense | 631 F. Supp. 2d 1247 | 4 |
| 2002 | Union Pacific Railroad v. Coast Packing Co. | 236 F. Supp. 2d 1130 | 4 |
| 1996 | Grand Avenue Partners, L.P. v. Goodan | 25 F. Supp. 2d 1064 | 4 |
| 2011 | Binder v. DISABILITY GROUP, INC. | 772 F. Supp. 2d 1172 | 3 |
| 2005 | California Ex Rel. Lockyer v. Safeway, Inc. | 371 F. Supp. 2d 1179 | 3 |
| 1996 | Cevallos v. City of Los Angeles | 914 F. Supp. 379 | 3 |
| 2010 | United States v. McIntyre | 715 F. Supp. 2d 1003 | 2 |
| 2008 | Williams v. Beltran | 569 F. Supp. 2d 1057 | 2 |
| 2006 | Doyle v. Warden | 447 F. Supp. 2d 1123 | 2 |
| 2006 | National Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 437 F. Supp. 2d 1137 | 2 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 24 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 George H. King?
- President William J. Clinton appointed George H. King to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1995.
- Was George H. King appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George H. King was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George H. King's confirmation vote?
- George H. King was confirmed by voice vote on June 30, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George H. King on?
- George H. King was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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21 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).