Jose L. Linares
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Jose L. Linares was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1953 · age 73
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2002
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Jersey City State College (now Jersey City) 1975 · Temple Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) 1978
- Succeeded
- Alfred James Lechner Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Georgette Castner
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | District of New Jersey succeeded Alfred James Lechner Jr. | G.W. Bush (R) | 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
| Jersey City State College (now Jersey City University) | B.A. | 1975 |
| Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) | J.D. | 1978 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Linares was assigned 4,902 district-court cases (1984–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 169 days across 4,901 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 224 of Linares’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 199 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 9 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, Linares authored 25 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Mayflower Transit, LLC v. Prince (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mayflower Transit, LLC v. Prince | 314 F. Supp. 2d 362 | 34 |
| 2004 | Seltzer v. I.C. Optics, Ltd. | 339 F. Supp. 2d 601 | 29 |
| 2003 | Yurecko v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. | 279 F. Supp. 2d 606 | 21 |
| 2003 | Mettle v. First Union National Bank | 279 F. Supp. 2d 598 | 21 |
| 2004 | Sarbak v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. | 354 F. Supp. 2d 531 | 18 |
| 2003 | Ashley v. Ridge | 288 F. Supp. 2d 662 | 18 |
| 2004 | Chugh v. Western Inventory Services, Inc. | 333 F. Supp. 2d 285 | 9 |
| 2011 | Seiss v. United States | 792 F. Supp. 2d 729 | 8 |
| 2007 | Altana Pharma AG v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. | 532 F. Supp. 2d 666 | 8 |
| 2006 | Engers v. AT & T | 428 F. Supp. 2d 213 | 8 |
| 2005 | United States v. Kushner | 349 F. Supp. 2d 892 | 7 |
| 2004 | Benak v. Alliance Capital Management L.P. | 349 F. Supp. 2d 882 | 7 |
| 2004 | National Group for Communications & Computers Ltd. v. Lucent Technologies International Inc. | 331 F. Supp. 2d 290 | 6 |
| 2007 | United States v. Brahm | 520 F. Supp. 2d 619 | 4 |
| 2004 | CN Ex Rel. JN v. Ridgewood Bd. of Educ. | 319 F. Supp. 2d 483 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 25 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 Jose L. Linares?
- President George W. Bush appointed Jose L. Linares to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2002.
- Was Jose L. Linares appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jose L. Linares was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jose L. Linares's confirmation vote?
- Jose L. Linares was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jose L. Linares on?
- Jose L. Linares was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).