Who appointed James V. Selna?

President George W. Bush appointed James V. Selna to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2003.

Was James V. Selna appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James V. Selna was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James V. Selna's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed James V. Selna 97–0 on March 27, 2003.

Central District of California / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2020

James V. Selna

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, James V. Selna is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1945 · age 81
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: Stanford 1967 · Stanford Law School 1970
Succeeded: John Spencer Letts
Succeeded by: Sunshine Suzanne Sykes

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Central District of California succeeded John Spencer Letts	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on March 27, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 111. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

45 D, 51 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 3

3 D

Education

Stanford University	A.B.	1967
Stanford Law School	J.D.	1970

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Selna was assigned 6,961 district-court cases (1996–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 179 days across 6,562 closed cases.

Other civil matters18%

Civil rights12%

Intellectual property11%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Contract9%

Other federal statutes9%

Other29%

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 651 of Selna’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 459 were affirmed, 115 reversed or vacated, and 77 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, Selna authored 53 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Anunziato v. eMachines, Inc. (62 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
2005	Anunziato v. eMachines, Inc.	402 F. Supp. 2d 1133	62
2011	In Re Toyota Motor Corp.	790 F. Supp. 2d 1152	27
2007	Gusse v. Damon Corp.	470 F. Supp. 2d 1110	24
2005	Troy Group, Inc. v. Tilson	364 F. Supp. 2d 1149	20
2004	Danoff v. United States	324 F. Supp. 2d 1086	20
2003	Mozer v. Goldman (In Re Mozer)	302 B.R. 892	20
2009	Lauter v. Anoufrieva	642 F. Supp. 2d 1060	19
2011	In Re Toyota Motor Corp. Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, & Products Liability Litigation	826 F. Supp. 2d 1180	16
2005	Tomlinson v. Indymac Bank, F.S.B.	359 F. Supp. 2d 891	16
2009	TYR Sport Inc. v. Warnaco Swimwear Inc.	679 F. Supp. 2d 1120	11
2005	Rose v. Chase Manhattan Bank USA, N.A.	396 F. Supp. 2d 1116	11
2005	Mutchka v. Harris	373 F. Supp. 2d 1021	11
2009	C.F. v. Capistrano Unified School District	656 F. Supp. 2d 1190	10
2010	Federal Trade Commission v. Lights of America, Inc.	760 F. Supp. 2d 848	9
2010	Henley v. DeVore	733 F. Supp. 2d 1144	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 53 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 V. Selna?: President George W. Bush appointed James V. Selna to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2003.
Was James V. Selna appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James V. Selna was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James V. Selna's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed James V. Selna 97–0 on March 27, 2003.
Which court is James V. Selna on?: James V. Selna is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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