Who appointed John Alfred Jarvey?

President George W. Bush appointed John Alfred Jarvey to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in 2007.

Was John Alfred Jarvey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Alfred Jarvey 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 Alfred Jarvey's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed John Alfred Jarvey 95–0 on March 8, 2007.

Southern District of Iowa / Appointed 2007 / Served to 2022

John Alfred Jarvey

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, John Alfred Jarvey was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. He earned a law degree from Drake University Law School in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: University of Akron 1978 · Drake Law School 1981
Succeeded: Ronald Earl Longstaff
Succeeded by: Stephen Henley Locher

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Southern District of Iowa succeeded Ronald Earl Longstaff	G.W. Bush (R)	95–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 95–0 on March 8, 2007 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 67. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

46 D, 47 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 5

3 D, 2 R

Education

University of Akron	B.S.	1978
Drake University Law School	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jarvey was assigned 2,135 district-court cases (1990–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 141 days across 2,135 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas38%

Civil rights12%

Contract9%

Social Security9%

Personal-injury torts6%

Other federal statutes5%

Other22%

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 499 of Jarvey’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 459 were affirmed, 27 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Jarvey authored 59 published opinions for the court (1991–2011). Most cited: Gordon v. Faber (22 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
1992	Gordon v. Faber	800 F. Supp. 797	22
1996	Wright v. Mason City Community School District	940 F. Supp. 1412	20
1997	Scheer v. City of Cedar Rapids	956 F. Supp. 1496	11
1998	Joslin v. Rockwell International Corp.	8 F. Supp. 2d 1158	9
2011	Pritired 1, LLC v. United States	816 F. Supp. 2d 693	7
1999	Thorson v. Geminin, Inc.	96 F. Supp. 2d 882	7
2010	Feller v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance	817 F. Supp. 2d 1097	6
2009	Criterion 508 Solutions, Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Services, Inc.	806 F. Supp. 2d 1078	6
1995	Sudenga Industries, Inc. v. Fulton Performance Products, Inc.	894 F. Supp. 1235	6
1994	GNS, INC. v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska	866 F. Supp. 1185	6
2009	United States Ex Rel. Hixson v. Health Management Systems, Inc.	657 F. Supp. 2d 1039	5
1994	Navin v. Iowa Department of Corrections	843 F. Supp. 500	5
2008	Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. v. Iowa Utilities Board	545 F. Supp. 2d 869	3
2003	Larson v. Rourick	284 F. Supp. 2d 1155	3
2001	Andreas v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.	172 F. Supp. 2d 1168	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 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 Alfred Jarvey?: President George W. Bush appointed John Alfred Jarvey to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in 2007.
Was John Alfred Jarvey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Alfred Jarvey 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 Alfred Jarvey's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed John Alfred Jarvey 95–0 on March 8, 2007.
Which court was John Alfred Jarvey on?: John Alfred Jarvey was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Sources

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