George P. Schiavelli
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by voice vote, George P. Schiavelli 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 ↓
- Lived
- 1948–2019
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2004
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Stanford 1970 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1974
- Succeeded
- Lourdes Gillespie Baird
- Succeeded by
- Dolly Maizie Gee
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Central District of California succeeded Lourdes Gillespie Baird | G.W. Bush (R) | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Schiavelli was assigned 1,239 district-court cases (1988–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 230 days across 1,239 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 67 of Schiavelli’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 55 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Schiavelli authored 5 published opinions for the court (2004–2008). Most cited: Albino v. Standard Insurance (8 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Albino v. Standard Insurance | 349 F. Supp. 2d 1334 | 8 |
| 2006 | Allen v. Stratton | 428 F. Supp. 2d 1064 | 5 |
| 2008 | De Walshe v. Togo's Eateries, Inc. | 567 F. Supp. 2d 1198 | 4 |
| 2008 | Morales v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. | 531 F. Supp. 2d 1225 | 2 |
| 2007 | Palm Desert National Bank v. Federal Insurance | 473 F. Supp. 2d 1044 | 2 |
Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 P. Schiavelli?
- President George W. Bush appointed George P. Schiavelli to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2004.
- Was George P. Schiavelli appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George P. Schiavelli was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George P. Schiavelli's confirmation vote?
- George P. Schiavelli was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 2004. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George P. Schiavelli on?
- George P. Schiavelli 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 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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4 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).