John Preston Bailey
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by voice vote, John Preston Bailey is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. He earned a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2007
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dartmouth College 1973 · West Virginia College of Law 1976
- Succeeded
- Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Northern District of West Virginia succeeded Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. | 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
| Dartmouth College | A.B. | 1973 |
| West Virginia University College of Law | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Bailey was assigned 3,257 district-court cases (1983–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 141 days across 2,807 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 506 of Bailey’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 433 were affirmed, 51 reversed or vacated, and 22 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, Bailey authored 21 published opinions for the court (2007–2011). Most cited: In Re Bardell (10 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | In Re Bardell | 374 B.R. 588 | 10 |
| 2010 | Lomax v. Bank of America, N.A. | 435 B.R. 362 | 9 |
| 2008 | West Virginia University Board of Governors Ex Rel. West Virginia University v. Rodriguez | 543 F. Supp. 2d 526 | 9 |
| 2010 | Bohrer v. City Hospital, Inc. | 681 F. Supp. 2d 657 | 5 |
| 2008 | In Re Seizure Warrants Issued March 27, 2008, & April 23, 2008 | 593 F. Supp. 2d 892 | 4 |
| 2010 | Barbe v. McBride | 740 F. Supp. 2d 759 | 3 |
| 2009 | Desmond v. PNGI Charles Town Gaming, LLC | 661 F. Supp. 2d 573 | 3 |
| 2009 | Bosley v. Lemmon | 656 F. Supp. 2d 582 | 3 |
| 2011 | O'Connor v. Commissioner of Social Security | 794 F. Supp. 2d 667 | 2 |
| 2011 | Nutter v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance | 780 F. Supp. 2d 480 | 2 |
| 2010 | Wince v. Easterbrooke Cellular Corp. | 681 F. Supp. 2d 679 | 2 |
| 2011 | United States v. Adams | 782 F. Supp. 2d 229 | 1 |
| 2009 | Richardson v. United States | 612 F. Supp. 2d 709 | 1 |
| 2007 | Murdock v. Gutierrez | 631 F. Supp. 2d 758 | 1 |
| 2007 | State & County Mutual Fire Insurance v. Young | 490 F. Supp. 2d 741 | 1 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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 John Preston Bailey?
- President George W. Bush appointed John Preston Bailey to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in 2007.
- Was John Preston Bailey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Preston Bailey was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Preston Bailey's confirmation vote?
- John Preston Bailey was confirmed by voice vote on March 15, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is John Preston Bailey on?
- John Preston Bailey is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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19 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).