Who appointed John E. Jones III?

President George W. Bush appointed John E. Jones III to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 2002.

Was John E. Jones III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John E. Jones III 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 E. Jones III's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed John E. Jones III 96–0 on July 29, 2002.

Middle District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 2002 / Served to 2021

John E. Jones III

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 96–0, John E. Jones III was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1955 · age 71
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 96–0
Education: Dickinson College 1977 · Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1980
Succeeded: James Focht McClure Jr.
Succeeded by: Karoline Mehalchick

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Middle District of Pennsylvania succeeded James Focht McClure Jr.	G.W. Bush (R)	96–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 96–0 on July 29, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 196. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 96

50 D, 45 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 4

4 R

Education

Dickinson College	B.A.	1977
Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law)	J.D.	1980

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jones was assigned 3,486 district-court cases (1996–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 194 days across 3,486 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas22%

Civil rights18%

Personal-injury torts11%

Contract10%

Other federal statutes8%

Real property7%

Other24%

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 387 of Jones’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 330 were affirmed, 32 reversed or vacated, and 25 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, Jones authored 64 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Larsen v. State Employees' Retirement System (41 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
2008	Larsen v. State Employees' Retirement System	553 F. Supp. 2d 403	41
2010	Fiorentino v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.	750 F. Supp. 2d 506	26
2008	Dodge-Regupol, Inc. v. RB Rubber Products, Inc.	585 F. Supp. 2d 645	21
2011	State College Area School District v. Royal Bank of Canada	825 F. Supp. 2d 573	16
2006	Otto v. Pocono Health System	457 F. Supp. 2d 522	16
2008	Perkins v. State Farm Insurance	589 F. Supp. 2d 559	15
2009	Francis v. Northumberland County	636 F. Supp. 2d 368	14
2005	Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District	388 F. Supp. 2d 484	12
2009	Campion v. Northeast Utilities	598 F. Supp. 2d 638	11
2009	Alli v. Decker	644 F. Supp. 2d 535	10
2004	Albright v. Keystone Rural Health Center	320 F. Supp. 2d 286	10
2007	Westport Insurance v. Hanft & Knight, P.C.	523 F. Supp. 2d 444	9
2005	Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District	400 F. Supp. 2d 707	8
2010	Harrisburg Authority v. Cit Capital USA, Inc.	716 F. Supp. 2d 380	7
2007	Penn National Insurance v. HNI Corp.	482 F. Supp. 2d 568	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 64 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 E. Jones III?: President George W. Bush appointed John E. Jones III to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 2002.
Was John E. Jones III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John E. Jones III 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 E. Jones III's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed John E. Jones III 96–0 on July 29, 2002.
Which court was John E. Jones III on?: John E. Jones III was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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