Who appointed Jeremy D. Fogel?

President William J. Clinton appointed Jeremy D. Fogel to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1998.

Was Jeremy D. Fogel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Jeremy D. Fogel was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Jeremy D. Fogel's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Jeremy D. Fogel 90–0 on March 16, 1998.

Northern District of California / Appointed 1998 / Served to 2018

Jeremy D. Fogel

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by the Senate 90–0, Jeremy D. Fogel was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: 90–0
Education: Stanford 1971 · Harvard Law School 1974
Succeeded: Robert Peter Aguilar

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Northern District of California succeeded Robert Peter Aguilar	Clinton (D)	90–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 90–0 on March 16, 1998 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 33. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 90

39 D, 51 R

Did not vote · 10

6 D, 4 R

Education

Stanford University	B.A.	1971
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Fogel was assigned 2,982 district-court cases (1992–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 265 days across 2,982 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas24%

Civil rights14%

Contract13%

Other federal statutes11%

Intellectual property10%

Labor & ERISA6%

Other21%

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 97 of Fogel’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 77 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Fogel authored 63 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Tietsworth v. Sears (86 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
2010	Tietsworth v. Sears	720 F. Supp. 2d 1123	86
2009	Sanders v. Apple Inc.	672 F. Supp. 2d 978	81
2010	Stearns v. Select Comfort Retail Corp.	763 F. Supp. 2d 1128	72
2011	Young v. FACEBOOK, INC.	790 F. Supp. 2d 1110	44
1999	Globetrotter Software, Inc. v. Elan Computer Group, Inc.	63 F. Supp. 2d 1127	41
2006	Morales v. Tilton	465 F. Supp. 2d 972	33
2004	Hewlett-Packard Co. v. EMC Corp.	330 F. Supp. 2d 1087	33
2009	Goddard v. Google, Inc.	640 F. Supp. 2d 1193	32
2004	Online Policy Group v. Diebold, Inc.	337 F. Supp. 2d 1195	31
2000	Hott v. City of San Jose	92 F. Supp. 2d 996	31
2000	Rodriguez v. California Highway Patrol	89 F. Supp. 2d 1131	31
2010	DeLeon v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	729 F. Supp. 2d 1119	23
2009	eBay Inc. v. Digital Point Solutions, Inc.	608 F. Supp. 2d 1156	22
2006	Morales v. Hickman	415 F. Supp. 2d 1037	21
2009	Rosa v. CITY OF SEASIDE	675 F. Supp. 2d 1006	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 Jeremy D. Fogel?: President William J. Clinton appointed Jeremy D. Fogel to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1998.
Was Jeremy D. Fogel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Jeremy D. Fogel was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jeremy D. Fogel's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Jeremy D. Fogel 90–0 on March 16, 1998.
Which court was Jeremy D. Fogel on?: Jeremy D. Fogel was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Sources

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20 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).