Who appointed George H. Wu?

President George W. Bush appointed George H. Wu to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2007.

Was George H. Wu appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

George H. Wu 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 H. Wu's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed George H. Wu 95–0 on March 27, 2007.

Central District of California / Appointed 2007 / Senior status since 2023

George H. Wu

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, George H. Wu is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: Pomona College 1972 · University of Chicago Law School 1975
Succeeded: Ronald S. W. Lew
Succeeded by: Anne Hwang

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Central District of California succeeded Ronald S. W. Lew	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 March 27, 2007 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 115. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

47 D, 46 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 5

2 D, 3 R

Education

Pomona College	B.A.	1972
University of Chicago Law School	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Wu was assigned 7,034 district-court cases (1993–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 147 days across 6,669 closed cases.

Other civil matters27%

Civil rights14%

Intellectual property11%

Other federal statutes9%

Personal-injury torts9%

Contract7%

Other23%

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 380 of Wu’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 274 were affirmed, 74 reversed or vacated, and 32 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, Wu authored 8 published opinions for the court (2008–2010). Most cited: Glass v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. (6 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
2008	Glass v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.	570 F. Supp. 2d 1180	6
2010	Red v. Kraft Foods, Inc.	754 F. Supp. 2d 1137	5
2008	Lawless v. Evans	545 F. Supp. 2d 1044	4
2008	Cavanaugh v. Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Inc.	583 F. Supp. 2d 1109	2
2010	Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District	694 F. Supp. 2d 1092	1
2008	Collett v. Salazar	588 F. Supp. 2d 1107	1
2010	Kenny v. Sanders	713 F. Supp. 2d 989	0
2010	Wilson v. Woodford	682 F. Supp. 2d 1082	0

Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 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. Wu?: President George W. Bush appointed George H. Wu to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2007.
Was George H. Wu appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: George H. Wu 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 H. Wu's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed George H. Wu 95–0 on March 27, 2007.
Which court is George H. Wu on?: George H. Wu is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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19 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).