Who appointed Jane J. Boyle?

President George W. Bush appointed Jane J. Boyle to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 2004.

Was Jane J. Boyle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Jane J. Boyle's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Jane J. Boyle 99–0 on June 17, 2004.

Northern District of Texas / Appointed 2004 / Senior status since 2025

Jane J. Boyle

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 99–0, Jane J. Boyle is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She earned a law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law) in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 99–0
Education: University of Texas 1977 · Southern Methodist Law (now Dedman School of Law) 1981
Succeeded: Jerry Buchmeyer

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Northern District of Texas succeeded Jerry Buchmeyer	G.W. Bush (R)	99–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 99–0 on June 17, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 128. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 99

47 D, 51 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 1

1 D

John Kerry(D-MA)

Education

University of Texas	B.S.	1977
Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law)	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Boyle was assigned 6,206 district-court cases (1981–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 193 days across 5,608 closed cases.

Other civil matters27%

Contract14%

Civil rights11%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Other federal statutes8%

Personal-injury torts7%

Other23%

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 469 of Boyle’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 388 were affirmed, 37 reversed or vacated, and 44 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, Boyle authored 38 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Ashton Ex Rel. Estate of Ashton v. Knight Transportation, Inc. (85 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
2011	Ashton Ex Rel. Estate of Ashton v. Knight Transportation, Inc.	772 F. Supp. 2d 772	85
2001	Castillo v. Pratt	162 F. Supp. 2d 575	40
2006	Recursion Software, Inc. v. Interactive Intelligence, Inc.	425 F. Supp. 2d 756	29
1997	Embotelladora Agral Regiomontana S.A. De C v. v. Sharp Capital, Inc.	952 F. Supp. 415	21
1998	Coffey v. Fort Wayne Pools, Inc.	24 F. Supp. 2d 671	19
2009	Berry v. Indianapolis Life Insurance	600 F. Supp. 2d 805	17
2008	McNair v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration	537 F. Supp. 2d 823	17
2010	Villas at Parkside Partners v. City of Farmers Branch	701 F. Supp. 2d 835	16
1997	Florence v. Runyon	990 F. Supp. 485	13
2011	Tolar v. ALLSTATE TEXAS LLOYD'S CO.	772 F. Supp. 2d 825	10
2006	Industrial Clearinghouse, Inc. v. Mims Ex Rel. Estate of Coastal Plains, Inc. (In Re Coastal Plains, Inc.)	338 B.R. 703	10
2005	Salinas v. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.	358 F. Supp. 2d 569	10
2011	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Microtune, Inc.	783 F. Supp. 2d 867	9
1994	Oliver v. the Kroger Co.	872 F. Supp. 1545	8
1998	United States v. Daniels	12 F. Supp. 2d 568	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 38 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 Jane J. Boyle?: President George W. Bush appointed Jane J. Boyle to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in 2004.
Was Jane J. Boyle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Jane J. Boyle was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jane J. Boyle's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Jane J. Boyle 99–0 on June 17, 2004.
Which court is Jane J. Boyle on?: Jane J. Boyle is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Sources

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