District of Puerto Rico / Appointed 2000 / Senior status since 2018

Jay A. Garcia-Gregory

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000 and confirmed by voice vote, Jay A. Garcia-Gregory is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He earned a law degree from University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1972. Sources ↓

Born
1944 · age 82
Appointed by
William J. Clinton, 2000
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Assumption College 1966 · University of Puerto Rico Law 1972

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2000District of Puerto RicoClinton (D)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

Assumption CollegeA.B.1966
Complutense University of MadridM.A.1969
University of Puerto Rico School of LawLL.B.1972

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Garcia-Gregory was assigned 3,515 district-court cases (1991–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 371 days across 3,362 closed cases.

Real property18%
Civil rights15%
Personal-injury torts14%
Contract12%
Other civil matters8%
Criminal7%
Other26%

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 153 of Garcia-Gregory’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 111 were affirmed, 24 reversed or vacated, and 18 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.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Jay A. Garcia-Gregory?
President William J. Clinton appointed Jay A. Garcia-Gregory to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 2000.
Was Jay A. Garcia-Gregory appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Jay A. Garcia-Gregory was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jay A. Garcia-Gregory's confirmation vote?
Jay A. Garcia-Gregory was confirmed by voice vote on June 16, 2000. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Jay A. Garcia-Gregory on?
Jay A. Garcia-Gregory is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Sources

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