Who appointed Halil Suleyman Ozerden?

President George W. Bush appointed Halil Suleyman Ozerden to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 2007.

Was Halil Suleyman Ozerden appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Halil Suleyman Ozerden was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Halil Suleyman Ozerden's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Halil Suleyman Ozerden 95–0 on April 24, 2007.

Southern District of Mississippi / Appointed 2007 / Active

Halil Suleyman Ozerden

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, Halil Suleyman Ozerden is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1998. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1966 · age 60
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: Georgetown 1989 · Stanford Law School 1998
Succeeded: David C. Bramlette

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Southern District of Mississippi succeeded David C. Bramlette	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 April 24, 2007 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 136. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

46 D, 47 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 5

3 D, 2 R

Education

Georgetown University	B.S.	1989
Stanford Law School	J.D.	1998

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Ozerden was assigned 4,383 district-court cases (1967–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 183 days across 4,028 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts31%

Other civil matters20%

Contract20%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Civil rights8%

Labor & ERISA3%

Other9%

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 264 of Ozerden’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 212 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 22 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, Ozerden authored 9 published opinions for the court (2007–2011). Most cited: Snyder v. United States (16 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
2007	Snyder v. United States	504 F. Supp. 2d 136	16
2007	Saucier v. Coldwell Banker JME Realty	644 F. Supp. 2d 769	8
2010	Previto v. Ryobi North America, Inc.	766 F. Supp. 2d 759	4
2008	Ellis v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.	541 F. Supp. 2d 833	3
2011	ATLANTIC SOUNDING COMPANY, INC. v. Vickers	782 F. Supp. 2d 280	2
2009	Puckett v. Epps	615 F. Supp. 2d 494	2
2008	Kulpa v. OM Financial Life Insurance	558 F. Supp. 2d 676	2
2008	Masztal v. Meritplan Insurance	586 F. Supp. 2d 662	1
2008	Jackson v. Balboa Insurance	590 F. Supp. 2d 825	0

Showing the 9 most-cited of 9 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 Halil Suleyman Ozerden?: President George W. Bush appointed Halil Suleyman Ozerden to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 2007.
Was Halil Suleyman Ozerden appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Halil Suleyman Ozerden was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Halil Suleyman Ozerden's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Halil Suleyman Ozerden 95–0 on April 24, 2007.
Which court is Halil Suleyman Ozerden on?: Halil Suleyman Ozerden is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Sources

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