Who appointed J. Daniel Breen?

President George W. Bush appointed J. Daniel Breen to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in 2003.

Was J. Daniel Breen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

J. Daniel Breen was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was J. Daniel Breen's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed J. Daniel Breen 92–0 on March 13, 2003.

Western District of Tennessee / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2017

J. Daniel Breen

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 92–0, J. Daniel Breen is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. He earned a law degree from University of Tennessee College of Law in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 92–0
Education: Spring Hill College 1972 · University of Tennessee College of Law 1975
Succeeded: Julia Smith Gibbons
Succeeded by: Mark Saalfield Norris Sr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Western District of Tennessee succeeded Julia Smith Gibbons	G.W. Bush (R)	92–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 92–0 on March 13, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 55. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 92

44 D, 47 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 8

4 D, 4 R

Education

Spring Hill College	B.A.	1972
University of Tennessee College of Law	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Breen was assigned 2,685 district-court cases (1986–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 297 days across 2,501 closed cases.

Civil rights24%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Other civil matters13%

Personal-injury torts13%

Contract12%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other14%

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 100 of Breen’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 73 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 9 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, Breen authored 63 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: United States v. Miller (28 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
2009	United States v. Miller	604 F. Supp. 2d 1162	28
2010	Cooper v. Jackson-Madison County General Hospital District	742 F. Supp. 2d 941	15
2008	Black & Decker (US), Inc. v. Smith	568 F. Supp. 2d 929	14
2000	Bailey v. Turbine Design, Inc.	86 F. Supp. 2d 790	13
2010	Taylor v. AUTOZONERS, LLC	706 F. Supp. 2d 843	11
2001	Lenon v. Apfel	191 F. Supp. 2d 968	11
2007	Akines v. SHELBY COUNTY GOVERNMENT	512 F. Supp. 2d 1138	10
2009	Bancorpsouth Bank v. Justin Herter & Capitol Management, Inc.	643 F. Supp. 2d 1041	9
2001	Davenport v. Simmons	192 F. Supp. 2d 812	9
2011	Moling v. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.	763 F. Supp. 2d 956	8
2009	Baker v. Windsor Republic Doors	635 F. Supp. 2d 765	8
2011	Stone v. City of Grand Junction, Tenn.	765 F. Supp. 2d 1060	7
2010	Holt v. MacY's Retail Holdings, Inc.	719 F. Supp. 2d 903	7
2005	Tyler v. Federal Express Corp.	420 F. Supp. 2d 849	7
2008	General Conference Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists v. McGill	624 F. Supp. 2d 883	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 J. Daniel Breen?: President George W. Bush appointed J. Daniel Breen to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in 2003.
Was J. Daniel Breen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: J. Daniel Breen was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was J. Daniel Breen's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed J. Daniel Breen 92–0 on March 13, 2003.
Which court is J. Daniel Breen on?: J. Daniel Breen is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Sources

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