Jeffrey T. Miller
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Jeffrey T. Miller is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1967. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1943 · age 83
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1997
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles 1964 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1967
- Succeeded
- Gordon Thompson Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Cathy Ann Bencivengo
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Southern District of California succeeded Gordon Thompson Jr. | Clinton (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
| University of California, Los Angeles | B.A. | 1964 |
| University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law | J.D. | 1967 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Miller was assigned 3,257 district-court cases (1989–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 180 days across 3,254 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 147 of Miller’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 112 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Miller authored 39 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Teahan v. Wilhelm (125 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Teahan v. Wilhelm | 481 F. Supp. 2d 1115 | 125 |
| 1998 | Allison v. Brooktree Corp. | 999 F. Supp. 1342 | 43 |
| 1998 | Dym v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance | 19 F. Supp. 2d 1147 | 19 |
| 2009 | Ortiz v. Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. | 639 F. Supp. 2d 1159 | 18 |
| 2006 | In Re National Western Life Insurance Deferred Annuities Litigation | 467 F. Supp. 2d 1071 | 12 |
| 2003 | Center for Biological Diversity v. Federal Highway Administration | 290 F. Supp. 2d 1175 | 12 |
| 2009 | Gray v. Hernandez | 651 F. Supp. 2d 1167 | 11 |
| 2005 | Four Navy Seals v. Associated Press | 413 F. Supp. 2d 1136 | 11 |
| 2004 | United States v. Gonzalez-Marichal | 317 F. Supp. 2d 1200 | 11 |
| 2006 | Williams v. Gerber Products Co. | 439 F. Supp. 2d 1112 | 8 |
| 2007 | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hometown Buffet, Inc. | 481 F. Supp. 2d 1110 | 6 |
| 2003 | Virachack v. University Ford | 259 F. Supp. 2d 1089 | 5 |
| 2008 | Myers v. LHR, INC. | 543 F. Supp. 2d 1215 | 4 |
| 1998 | California Coastal Commission v. United States | 5 F. Supp. 2d 1106 | 4 |
| 2007 | Voris v. Resurgent Capital Services, L.P. | 494 F. Supp. 2d 1156 | 3 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 39 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 Jeffrey T. Miller?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Jeffrey T. Miller to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1997.
- Was Jeffrey T. Miller appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jeffrey T. Miller was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jeffrey T. Miller's confirmation vote?
- Jeffrey T. Miller was confirmed by voice vote on May 23, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Jeffrey T. Miller on?
- Jeffrey T. Miller is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).