John Gleeson
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, John Gleeson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1953 · age 73
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Georgetown 1975 · University of Virginia Law 1980
- Succeeded
- Jack Bertrand Weinstein
- Succeeded by
- Diane Gujarati
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Jack Bertrand Weinstein | Clinton (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
| Georgetown University | B.A. | 1975 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1980 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gleeson was assigned 5,790 district-court cases (1985–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 254 days across 5,790 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 141 of Gleeson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 115 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 9 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, Gleeson authored 85 published opinions for the court (1995–2011). Most cited: In Re Visa Check/Mastermoney Antitrust Litigation (64 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | In Re Visa Check/Mastermoney Antitrust Litigation | 297 F. Supp. 2d 503 | 64 |
| 1998 | Mistretta v. Prokesch | 5 F. Supp. 2d 128 | 55 |
| 1998 | Hartnett v. Apfel | 21 F. Supp. 2d 217 | 42 |
| 1995 | Acquaire v. Canada Dry Bottling | 906 F. Supp. 819 | 35 |
| 2008 | Finkel v. Omega Communication Services, Inc. | 543 F. Supp. 2d 156 | 33 |
| 1995 | In Re MTC Electronic Technologies Shareholders Litigation | 898 F. Supp. 974 | 27 |
| 1998 | Kalsi v. New York City Transit Authority | 62 F. Supp. 2d 745 | 25 |
| 1998 | Monsanto Co. v. Haskel Trading, Inc. | 13 F. Supp. 2d 349 | 24 |
| 1999 | DAR & Associates, Inc. v. Uniforce Services, Inc. | 37 F. Supp. 2d 192 | 22 |
| 1998 | Geraci v. Senkowski | 23 F. Supp. 2d 246 | 21 |
| 1998 | Sundbye v. Ogunleye | 3 F. Supp. 2d 254 | 21 |
| 2010 | Spirit Locker, Inc. v. Evo Direct, LLC | 696 F. Supp. 2d 296 | 20 |
| 1995 | U.S. Underwriters Insurance v. Congregation B'nai Israel | 900 F. Supp. 641 | 18 |
| 1998 | Meling v. St. Francis College | 3 F. Supp. 2d 267 | 17 |
| 2009 | Century 21 Real Estate LLC v. Bercosa Corp. | 666 F. Supp. 2d 274 | 16 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 85 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 Gleeson?
- President William J. Clinton appointed John Gleeson to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1994.
- Was John Gleeson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Gleeson was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Gleeson's confirmation vote?
- John Gleeson was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Gleeson on?
- John Gleeson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Sentencing Commission (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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21 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).