Who appointed Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen?

President Barack Obama appointed Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2012.

Was Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen 91–3 on May 7, 2012.

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Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and confirmed by the Senate 91–3, Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1991. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1965 · age 61
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2012
Confirmed: 91–3
Education: Occidental College 1987 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1991

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2009	Central District of California succeeded Nora Margaret Manella	Obama (D)	97–0
2012	Ninth Circuit	Obama (D)	91–3

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

Confirmation vote · Central District of California

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on December 1, 2009 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 354. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

56 D, 39 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Confirmation vote · Ninth Circuit

Nomination Confirmed 91–3 on May 7, 2012 · 112th Congress, Roll Call 88. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

50 D, 39 R, 2 I

Voted against · 3

3 R

Mike Lee(R-UT)
Pat Toomey(R-PA)
David Vitter(R-LA)

Did not vote · 6

1 D, 5 R

Education

Occidental College	A.B.	1987
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law	J.D.	1991

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Nguyen was assigned 542 district-court cases (2000–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 160 days across 542 closed cases.

Other federal statutes15%

Labor & ERISA15%

Intellectual property13%

Civil rights12%

Contract12%

Real property8%

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 47 of Nguyen’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 38 were affirmed, 8 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Nguyen authored 4 published opinions for the court (2010–2011). Most cited: United States v. Seizure of One Blue Nissan Skyline Automobile (4 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2010	United States v. Seizure of One Blue Nissan Skyline Automobile	683 F. Supp. 2d 1087	4
2011	United States v. 718 West Wilson Ave., Glendale	778 F. Supp. 2d 1067	1
2010	Orozco v. Clark	705 F. Supp. 2d 1158	1
2011	Reed v. Baca	800 F. Supp. 2d 1102	0

Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen?: President Barack Obama appointed Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2012.
Was Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen 91–3 on May 7, 2012.
Which court is Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen on?: Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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14 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).