Western District of Arkansas / Appointed 1992 / Senior status since 2012

Jimm Larry Hendren

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Jimm Larry Hendren is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. He earned a law degree from University of Arkansas School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1940 · age 86
Appointed by
George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Arkansas 1964 · University of Arkansas Law 1965

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1992Western District of ArkansasG.H.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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hendren was assigned 5,090 district-court cases (1983–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 222 days across 5,090 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas20%
Civil rights16%
Contract15%
Personal-injury torts14%
Real property10%
Social Security8%
Other17%

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 98 of Hendren’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 86 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Hendren authored 37 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Jones Truck Lines, Inc. v. Alliance Rubber Co. (16 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
1994Jones Truck Lines, Inc. v. Alliance Rubber Co.166 B.R. 69116
2006Grand River Enterprises Six Nations, Ltd. v. Beebe418 F. Supp. 2d 10826
1994Roten v. United States850 F. Supp. 7866
1993Laughter v. Speight167 B.R. 8916
2006International Tobacco Partners, Ltd. v. Beebe420 F. Supp. 2d 9895
2006Dos Santos, S.A. v. Beebe418 F. Supp. 2d 10644
2003Counts v. Cedarville School District295 F. Supp. 2d 9964
2002United States v. St. Joseph's Regional Health Center240 F. Supp. 2d 8824
1998Kuff v. United States Forest Service22 F. Supp. 2d 9874
1995Crenshaw v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.915 F. Supp. 934
1994Poindexter v. Armstrong934 F. Supp. 10524
1993Cadelli v. Fort Smith School District852 F. Supp. 7894
1995Connecticut Indemnity Co. v. Harris Transport Co.909 F. Supp. 12123
2010Sasser v. Hobbs751 F. Supp. 2d 10632
2009Teas v. Ferguson608 F. Supp. 2d 10702

Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 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 Jimm Larry Hendren?
President George H.W. Bush appointed Jimm Larry Hendren to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas in 1992.
Was Jimm Larry Hendren appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Jimm Larry Hendren was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jimm Larry Hendren's confirmation vote?
Jimm Larry Hendren was confirmed by voice vote on March 13, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Jimm Larry Hendren on?
Jimm Larry Hendren is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Sources

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