John Thomas Marten
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, John Thomas Marten was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. He earned a law degree from Washburn University School of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1996
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Washburn 1973 · Washburn Law 1976
- Succeeded
- Patrick F. Kelly
- Succeeded by
- John Wesley Broomes
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | District of Kansas succeeded Patrick F. Kelly | 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
| Washburn University | B.A. | 1973 |
| Washburn University School of Law | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Marten was assigned 3,561 district-court cases (1988–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 238 days across 3,561 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 148 of Marten’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 123 were affirmed, 12 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, Marten authored 193 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: United States v. Ochoa (27 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | United States v. Ochoa | 4 F. Supp. 2d 1007 | 27 |
| 2006 | Mohr v. Margolis, Ainsworth & Kinlaw Consulting, Inc. | 434 F. Supp. 2d 1051 | 22 |
| 2004 | United States v. Dawes | 344 F. Supp. 2d 715 | 22 |
| 2001 | Liebau v. Columbia Casualty Co. | 176 F. Supp. 2d 1236 | 21 |
| 2010 | Wallace B. Roderick Revocable Living Trust v. XTO Energy, Inc. | 679 F. Supp. 2d 1287 | 18 |
| 1999 | Marrie v. Nickels | 70 F. Supp. 2d 1252 | 18 |
| 1997 | Alexander v. Precision MacHining, Inc. | 990 F. Supp. 1304 | 18 |
| 2009 | Silva v. ST. ANNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL | 595 F. Supp. 2d 1171 | 17 |
| 2006 | Thomas v. Bruce | 428 F. Supp. 2d 1161 | 14 |
| 1997 | SF HOTEL COMPANY, LP v. Energy Investments, Inc. | 985 F. Supp. 1032 | 13 |
| 2011 | Christenson Media Group, Inc. v. Lang Industries, Inc. | 782 F. Supp. 2d 1213 | 12 |
| 2004 | City of Liberal, Kansas v. Trailmobile Corp. | 316 B.R. 358 | 12 |
| 2002 | Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. Stovall | 216 F. Supp. 2d 1226 | 12 |
| 1997 | Scott v. Hutchinson Hospital | 959 F. Supp. 1351 | 12 |
| 1996 | Tank v. Chronister | 941 F. Supp. 969 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 193 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 Thomas Marten?
- President William J. Clinton appointed John Thomas Marten to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1996.
- Was John Thomas Marten appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Thomas Marten 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 Thomas Marten's confirmation vote?
- John Thomas Marten was confirmed by voice vote on January 2, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Thomas Marten on?
- John Thomas Marten was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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25 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).