John Adrian Gibney Jr.
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, John Adrian Gibney Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- College of William and Mary 1973 · University of Virginia Law 1976
- Succeeded
- Robert E. Payne
- Succeeded by
- Elizabeth Wilson Hanes
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Eastern District of Virginia succeeded Robert E. Payne | Obama (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
| College of William and Mary | B.A. | 1973 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gibney was assigned 1,932 district-court cases (2000–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 177 days across 1,789 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 238 of Gibney’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 208 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Gibney authored 7 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Parks v. BAC Home Loan Servicing, LP (7 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Parks v. BAC Home Loan Servicing, LP | 825 F. Supp. 2d 713 | 7 |
| 2011 | Moore-King v. COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD, VA. | 819 F. Supp. 2d 604 | 5 |
| 2011 | CALVARY CHRISTIAN CENTER v. City of Fredericksburg | 800 F. Supp. 2d 760 | 5 |
| 2011 | United States v. French | 822 F. Supp. 2d 615 | 4 |
| 2011 | Hunter v. Virginia State Bar | 786 F. Supp. 2d 1107 | 4 |
| 2011 | Parham v. HSBC Mortgage Corp. | 826 F. Supp. 2d 906 | 1 |
| 2011 | Hubbard v. STONY POINT LAND, INC. | 457 B.R. 479 | 0 |
Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 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 Adrian Gibney Jr.?
- President Barack Obama appointed John Adrian Gibney Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2010.
- Was John Adrian Gibney Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Adrian Gibney Jr. was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Adrian Gibney Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- John Adrian Gibney Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is John Adrian Gibney Jr. on?
- John Adrian Gibney Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).