Who appointed Jose E. Martinez?

President George W. Bush appointed Jose E. Martinez to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2002.

Was Jose E. Martinez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Jose E. Martinez 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 E. Martinez's confirmation vote?

Jose E. Martinez was confirmed by voice vote on September 13, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 2002 / Active

Jose E. Martinez

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Jose E. Martinez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Miami School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1941 · age 85
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Miami 1962 · University of Miami Law 1965
Succeeded: Edward Bertrand Davis

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Southern District of Florida succeeded Edward Bertrand Davis	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

University of Miami	B.B.A.	1962
University of Miami School of Law	J.D.	1965

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Martinez was assigned 10,039 district-court cases (1989–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 164 days across 9,530 closed cases.

Civil rights17%

Prisoner & habeas15%

Other civil matters14%

Contract13%

Labor & ERISA12%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other20%

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 560 of Martinez’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 474 were affirmed, 56 reversed or vacated, and 30 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, Martinez authored 45 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Doonan v. Carnival Corp. (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
2005	Doonan v. Carnival Corp.	404 F. Supp. 2d 1367	27
2007	Qantum Communications Corp. v. Star Broadcasting, Inc.	473 F. Supp. 2d 1249	22
2004	Brother v. CPL Investments, Inc.	317 F. Supp. 2d 1358	22
2011	Century Senior Services v. Consumer Health Benefit Ass'n	770 F. Supp. 2d 1261	18
2003	Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co.	256 F. Supp. 2d 1345	17
2007	Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. v. Key Colony No. 4 Condominium Assoc., Inc.	510 F. Supp. 2d 1003	13
2004	Miami-Dade County v. United States	345 F. Supp. 2d 1319	13
2011	Suchite v. Kleppin	819 F. Supp. 2d 1284	9
2009	Anthony v. Anthony	642 F. Supp. 2d 1366	9
2006	McGuire v. Miami-Dade County	418 F. Supp. 2d 1354	7
2010	IMX, Inc. v. E-LOAN, INC.	748 F. Supp. 2d 1354	6
2009	Murphy v. City of Aventura	616 F. Supp. 2d 1267	6
2004	Mount Sinai Medical Center of Greater Miami, Inc. v. Heidrick & Struggles, Inc.	329 F. Supp. 2d 1309	6
2011	United States v. American Therapeutic Corp.	797 F. Supp. 2d 1289	5
2010	Martinez-Pinillos v. Air Flow Filters, Inc.	738 F. Supp. 2d 1268	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 45 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 E. Martinez?: President George W. Bush appointed Jose E. Martinez to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2002.
Was Jose E. Martinez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Jose E. Martinez 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 E. Martinez's confirmation vote?: Jose E. Martinez was confirmed by voice vote on September 13, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Jose E. Martinez on?: Jose E. Martinez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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