James Aubrey Parker
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, James Aubrey Parker was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1962. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1937–2022
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1987
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Rice Institute (now Rice) 1959 · University of Texas Law 1962
- Succeeded
- Howard C. Bratton
- Succeeded by
- Judith C. Herrera
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | District of New Mexico succeeded Howard C. Bratton | Reagan (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Parker was assigned 3,306 district-court cases (1961–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 255 days across 3,301 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 82 of Parker’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 66 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Parker authored 66 published opinions for the court (1988–2011). Most cited: Forest Guardians v. US Forest Service (24 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Forest Guardians v. US Forest Service | 180 F. Supp. 2d 1273 | 24 |
| 1990 | Jackson Ex Rel. Jackson v. Fort Stanton Hospital & Training School | 757 F. Supp. 1243 | 21 |
| 2000 | Campos v. Brooksbank | 120 F. Supp. 2d 1271 | 20 |
| 1992 | Glenborough New Mexico Associates v. Resolution Trust Corp. | 802 F. Supp. 387 | 20 |
| 2009 | Bales v. Chickasaw Nation Industries | 606 F. Supp. 2d 1299 | 14 |
| 1993 | United States v. Miller | 811 F. Supp. 1485 | 13 |
| 1997 | United States v. Martinez | 978 F. Supp. 1442 | 10 |
| 1992 | Montes v. Gallegos | 812 F. Supp. 1165 | 10 |
| 1992 | United States v. Jenks | 804 F. Supp. 232 | 10 |
| 2011 | United States v. Bassols | 775 F. Supp. 2d 1293 | 9 |
| 1997 | Gallegos v. San Juan Pueblo Business Development Board, Inc. | 955 F. Supp. 1348 | 8 |
| 1991 | United States v. Abdon-Limas | 780 F. Supp. 773 | 8 |
| 1999 | Navajo Nation v. Intermountain Steel Buildings, Inc. | 42 F. Supp. 2d 1222 | 7 |
| 1998 | Rangel v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. | 996 F. Supp. 1093 | 7 |
| 1994 | Atkinson Trading Co. v. Navajo Nation | 866 F. Supp. 506 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 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 James Aubrey Parker?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed James Aubrey Parker to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 1987.
- Was James Aubrey Parker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Aubrey Parker was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Aubrey Parker's confirmation vote?
- James Aubrey Parker was confirmed by voice vote on November 5, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Aubrey Parker on?
- James Aubrey Parker was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).