J. Curtis Joyner
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, J. Curtis Joyner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1948 · age 78
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Central State, Ohio 1971 · Howard Law 1974
- Succeeded by
- Mark A. Kearney
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 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
| National Judicial College | ||
| Central State University, Ohio | B.S. | 1971 |
| Howard University School of Law | J.D. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Joyner was assigned 5,755 district-court cases (1988–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 5,754 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 189 of Joyner’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 152 were affirmed, 23 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, Joyner authored 543 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Bieros v. Nicola (71 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Bieros v. Nicola | 857 F. Supp. 445 | 71 |
| 1993 | Williams v. Philadelphia Housing Authority | 834 F. Supp. 794 | 66 |
| 1994 | Brennan v. National Telephone Directory Corp. | 850 F. Supp. 331 | 50 |
| 1994 | Orson, Inc. v. Miramax Film Corp. | 867 F. Supp. 319 | 46 |
| 1996 | Adams v. Law Offices of Stuckert & Yates | 926 F. Supp. 521 | 42 |
| 1999 | Jordan v. City of Philadelphia | 66 F. Supp. 2d 638 | 38 |
| 1994 | Killian v. McCulloch | 850 F. Supp. 1239 | 38 |
| 2004 | In Re Brown | 311 B.R. 409 | 37 |
| 1994 | Frazier v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | 868 F. Supp. 757 | 34 |
| 1993 | Greenberg v. Tomlin | 816 F. Supp. 1039 | 33 |
| 1998 | Davis v. Levy, Angstreich, Finney, Baldante, Rubenstein & Coren, P.C. | 20 F. Supp. 2d 885 | 32 |
| 2004 | Miron v. BDO Seidman, LLP | 342 F. Supp. 2d 324 | 31 |
| 2001 | Saidu-Kamara v. Parkway Corp. | 155 F. Supp. 2d 436 | 31 |
| 1999 | Panayotides v. Rabenold | 35 F. Supp. 2d 411 | 31 |
| 1996 | Gundlach v. Reinstein | 924 F. Supp. 684 | 31 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 543 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. Curtis Joyner?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed J. Curtis Joyner to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1992.
- Was J. Curtis Joyner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- J. Curtis Joyner 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 J. Curtis Joyner's confirmation vote?
- J. Curtis Joyner was confirmed by voice vote on April 8, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was J. Curtis Joyner on?
- J. Curtis Joyner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).