Jeffrey Steven White
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Jeffrey Steven White is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from State University of New York at Buffalo Law School in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1945 · age 81
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2002
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Queens College, City of New York 1967 · State of New York at Buffalo Law School 1970
- Succeeded
- Charles A. Legge
- Succeeded by
- Araceli Martinez-Olguin
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Northern District of California succeeded Charles A. Legge | G.W. Bush (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
| Queens College, City University of New York | B.A. | 1967 |
| State University of New York at Buffalo Law School | J.D. | 1970 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, White was assigned 4,297 district-court cases (1993–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 204 days across 4,135 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 370 of White’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 241 were affirmed, 65 reversed or vacated, and 64 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, White authored 45 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Minifield v. Butikofer (48 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Minifield v. Butikofer | 298 F. Supp. 2d 900 | 48 |
| 2011 | Green v. Federal Deposit Insurance (In Re Tamalpais Bancorp) | 451 B.R. 6 | 25 |
| 2011 | Lucia v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 798 F. Supp. 2d 1059 | 19 |
| 2010 | In Re Webkinz Antitrust Litigation | 695 F. Supp. 2d 987 | 16 |
| 2010 | Richardson v. City of Antioch | 722 F. Supp. 2d 1133 | 14 |
| 2004 | Zavala v. Ridge | 310 F. Supp. 2d 1071 | 14 |
| 2007 | Philips Medical Capital, LLC v. Medical Insights Diagnostics Centers, Inc. | 471 F. Supp. 2d 1035 | 13 |
| 2006 | In Re Pixar Securities Litigation | 450 F. Supp. 2d 1096 | 12 |
| 2004 | Miller v. United States | 345 F. Supp. 2d 1046 | 11 |
| 2011 | Walsh v. Kindred Healthcare | 798 F. Supp. 2d 1073 | 10 |
| 2007 | Sonoma Foods, Inc. v. Sonoma Cheese Factory, LLC | 634 F. Supp. 2d 1009 | 9 |
| 2009 | Padilla v. Yoo | 633 F. Supp. 2d 1005 | 8 |
| 2009 | Jacobsen v. Katzer | 609 F. Supp. 2d 925 | 7 |
| 2010 | Smith v. Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, Inc. | 723 F. Supp. 2d 1205 | 6 |
| 2003 | Reyn's Pasta Bella, LLC v. Visa U.S.A., Inc. | 259 F. Supp. 2d 992 | 6 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 45 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 Steven White?
- President George W. Bush appointed Jeffrey Steven White to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2002.
- Was Jeffrey Steven White appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jeffrey Steven White was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jeffrey Steven White's confirmation vote?
- Jeffrey Steven White was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Jeffrey Steven White on?
- Jeffrey Steven White is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).