Who appointed Gregory Kent Frizzell?

President George W. Bush appointed Gregory Kent Frizzell to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in 2007.

Was Gregory Kent Frizzell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gregory Kent Frizzell was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gregory Kent Frizzell's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Gregory Kent Frizzell 99–0 on February 1, 2007.

Northern District of Oklahoma / Appointed 2007 / Senior status since 2025

Gregory Kent Frizzell

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by the Senate 99–0, Gregory Kent Frizzell is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1984. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: 99–0
Education: University of Tulsa 1981 · University of Michigan Law School 1984
Succeeded: Sven Erik Holmes

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Northern District of Oklahoma succeeded Sven Erik Holmes	G.W. Bush (R)	99–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 99–0 on February 1, 2007 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 41. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 99

48 D, 49 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 1

1 D

Tim Johnson(D-SD)

Education

University of Tulsa	B.A.	1981
University of Michigan Law School	J.D.	1984

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Frizzell was assigned 2,774 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 255 days across 2,645 closed cases.

Other civil matters20%

Civil rights17%

Contract15%

Social Security8%

Personal-injury torts8%

Prisoner & habeas8%

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 240 of Frizzell’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 204 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Frizzell authored 15 published opinions for the court (2008–2011). Most cited: Braun v. St. Pius X Parish (7 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
2011	Braun v. St. Pius X Parish	827 F. Supp. 2d 1312	7
2010	Echols v. OMNI MEDICAL GROUP, INC.	751 F. Supp. 2d 1214	6
2011	Transportation Alliance Bank, Inc. v. Arrow Trucking Co.	766 F. Supp. 2d 1188	5
2011	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.	798 F. Supp. 2d 1272	4
2008	D.G. Ex Rel. Stricklin v. Henry	591 F. Supp. 2d 1186	4
2011	CTI SERVICES LLC v. Haremza	797 F. Supp. 2d 1257	3
2010	Fleming Building Co. v. Columbia Casualty Co.	751 F. Supp. 2d 1218	3
2009	D.G. Ex Rel. Stricklin v. Henry	594 F. Supp. 2d 1273	3
2008	Graham v. Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development	556 F. Supp. 2d 1298	2
2010	HNATH v. Hereford	757 F. Supp. 2d 1130	1
2010	United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers' International Union v. ConocoPhillips Co.	748 F. Supp. 2d 1315	1
2011	US EX REL. LANCASTER v. Boeing Company	778 F. Supp. 2d 1231	0
2011	Arnold v. ONEOK, Inc. Long-Term Disability Plan	782 F. Supp. 2d 1288	0
2011	Schultz v. UNUMPROVIDENT CORP.	782 F. Supp. 2d 1276	0
2009	United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Conocophillips Co.	663 F. Supp. 2d 1180	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 15 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 Gregory Kent Frizzell?: President George W. Bush appointed Gregory Kent Frizzell to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in 2007.
Was Gregory Kent Frizzell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gregory Kent Frizzell was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gregory Kent Frizzell's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Gregory Kent Frizzell 99–0 on February 1, 2007.
Which court is Gregory Kent Frizzell on?: Gregory Kent Frizzell is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Sources

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