Who appointed John Corbett O'Meara?

President William J. Clinton appointed John Corbett O'Meara to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1994.

Was John Corbett O'Meara appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Corbett O'Meara 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 Corbett O'Meara's confirmation vote?

John Corbett O'Meara was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Michigan / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2024

John Corbett O'Meara

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, John Corbett O'Meara was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1962. Sources ↓

Lived: 1933–2024
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Notre Dame 1955 · Harvard Law School 1962
Succeeded: Horace Weldon Gilmore
Succeeded by: Mark Allan Goldsmith

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Horace Weldon Gilmore	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

University of Notre Dame	A.B.	1955
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1962

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, O'Meara was assigned 4,847 district-court cases (1991–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 194 days across 4,844 closed cases.

Contract27%

Prisoner & habeas13%

Civil rights13%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other federal statutes10%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other17%

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 183 of O'Meara’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 129 were affirmed, 33 reversed or vacated, and 21 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.

Questions & answers

Who appointed John Corbett O'Meara?: President William J. Clinton appointed John Corbett O'Meara to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1994.
Was John Corbett O'Meara appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Corbett O'Meara 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 Corbett O'Meara's confirmation vote?: John Corbett O'Meara was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Corbett O'Meara on?: John Corbett O'Meara was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Sources

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