Who appointed Johnnie B. Rawlinson?

President William J. Clinton appointed Johnnie B. Rawlinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2000.

Was Johnnie B. Rawlinson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Johnnie B. Rawlinson was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Johnnie B. Rawlinson's confirmation vote?

Johnnie B. Rawlinson was confirmed by voice vote on July 21, 2000. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

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Johnnie B. Rawlinson

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000 and confirmed by voice vote, Johnnie B. Rawlinson is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She earned a law degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1979. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1952 · age 74
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 2000
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: North Carolina A&T State 1974 · University of the Pacific, McGeorge Law 1979
Succeeded: Melvin T. Brunetti

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	District of Nevada succeeded Lloyd D. George	Clinton (D)	Voice vote
2000	Ninth Circuit succeeded Melvin T. Brunetti	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

North Carolina A&T State University	B.S.	1974
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Rawlinson was assigned 695 district-court cases (1995–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 145 days across 691 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas26%

Personal-injury torts13%

Civil rights12%

Criminal12%

Contract11%

Other federal statutes10%

Other15%

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.

In our data, Rawlinson authored 24 published opinions for the court (1999–2012). Most cited: Brandt v. American Bankers Ins. Co. of Florida (122 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	Brandt v. American Bankers Ins. Co. of Florida	653 F.3d 1108	122
2011	Marlo v. United Parcel Service, Inc.	639 F.3d 942	79
2011	Barrientos v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	633 F.3d 1186	66
2011	Zeinali v. Raytheon Co.	636 F.3d 544	42
2010	United States v. Gallegos	613 F.3d 1211	40
2011	Hernandez-Mancilla v. Holder	633 F.3d 1182	38
2009	Solis v. Matheson	563 F.3d 425	33
2010	Jeffredo v. MacArro	599 F.3d 913	30
2010	Hapner v. Tidwell	621 F.3d 1239	28
2010	United States v. Gossi	608 F.3d 574	27
2010	North County Communications Corp. v. California Catalog & Technology	594 F.3d 1149	26
2011	Gutierrez v. Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.	640 F.3d 1025	24
2010	United States v. Gamboa	608 F.3d 492	21
2012	C.O. v. Portland Public Schools	679 F.3d 1162	16
2010	ALLIANCE FOR WILD ROCKIES v. Cottrell	613 F.3d 960	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 24 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 Johnnie B. Rawlinson?: President William J. Clinton appointed Johnnie B. Rawlinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2000.
Was Johnnie B. Rawlinson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Johnnie B. Rawlinson was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Johnnie B. Rawlinson's confirmation vote?: Johnnie B. Rawlinson was confirmed by voice vote on July 21, 2000. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Johnnie B. Rawlinson on?: Johnnie B. Rawlinson is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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26 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).