Gerald Ellis Rosen
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, Gerald Ellis Rosen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1990
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Kalamazoo College 1973 · George Washington Law School 1979
- Succeeded
- Philip Pratt
- Succeeded by
- Stephanie Dawkins Davis
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Philip Pratt | G.H.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
| Kalamazoo College | B.A. | 1973 |
| George Washington University Law School | J.D. | 1979 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Rosen was assigned 6,603 district-court cases (1983–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 212 days across 6,584 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 170 of Rosen’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 147 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Rosen authored 404 published opinions for the court (1990–2011). Most cited: Foster v. Ludwick (247 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Foster v. Ludwick | 208 F. Supp. 2d 750 | 247 |
| 2008 | Cox v. Jackson | 579 F. Supp. 2d 831 | 73 |
| 2002 | Millender v. Adams | 187 F. Supp. 2d 852 | 57 |
| 2004 | Lemeshko v. Wrona | 325 F. Supp. 2d 778 | 56 |
| 1990 | Garza v. Bettcher Industries, Inc. | 752 F. Supp. 753 | 55 |
| 2003 | D.E. & J Ltd. Partnership v. Conaway | 284 F. Supp. 2d 719 | 47 |
| 1995 | Isely v. Capuchin Province | 880 F. Supp. 1138 | 39 |
| 1997 | Evans v. Kelley | 977 F. Supp. 1283 | 38 |
| 2002 | Rodriguez v. Elo | 195 F. Supp. 2d 934 | 34 |
| 1997 | Stubl v. T.A. Systems, Inc. | 984 F. Supp. 1075 | 34 |
| 2009 | Rodriguez v. Jones | 625 F. Supp. 2d 552 | 33 |
| 2006 | Khelifa v. Chertoff | 433 F. Supp. 2d 836 | 33 |
| 1999 | Comiskey v. Automotive Industry Action Group | 40 F. Supp. 2d 877 | 33 |
| 1994 | Sherman v. Optical Imaging Systems, Inc. | 843 F. Supp. 1168 | 31 |
| 2005 | United States v. Gray | 382 F. Supp. 2d 898 | 30 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 404 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 Gerald Ellis Rosen?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Gerald Ellis Rosen to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1990.
- Was Gerald Ellis Rosen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Gerald Ellis Rosen was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Gerald Ellis Rosen's confirmation vote?
- Gerald Ellis Rosen was confirmed by voice vote on March 9, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Gerald Ellis Rosen on?
- Gerald Ellis Rosen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (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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26 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).