Who appointed Joseph F. Bataillon?

President William J. Clinton appointed Joseph F. Bataillon to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1997.

Was Joseph F. Bataillon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Joseph F. Bataillon was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Joseph F. Bataillon's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Joseph F. Bataillon 100–0 on September 11, 1997.

District of Nebraska / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2014

Joseph F. Bataillon

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by the Senate 100–0, Joseph F. Bataillon is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. He earned a law degree from Creighton University School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: 100–0
Education: Creighton 1971 · Creighton Law 1974
Succeeded: Lyle Elmer Strom
Succeeded by: Robert F. Rossiter Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	District of Nebraska succeeded Lyle Elmer Strom	Clinton (D)	100–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 100–0 on September 11, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 236. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 100

45 D, 55 R

Education

Creighton University	B.A.	1971
Creighton University School of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bataillon was assigned 3,588 district-court cases (1991–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 245 days across 3,112 closed cases.

Other civil matters34%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Civil rights11%

Contract11%

Personal-injury torts7%

Other federal statutes5%

Other19%

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 385 of Bataillon’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 319 were affirmed, 43 reversed or vacated, and 23 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, Bataillon authored 98 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: United States v. Baird (36 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
2008	United States v. Baird	580 F. Supp. 2d 889	36
2005	United States v. Huerta-Rodriguez	355 F. Supp. 2d 1019	20
2000	United States v. Rutherford	104 F. Supp. 2d 1190	12
2006	Jackson v. Pfizer, Inc.	432 F. Supp. 2d 964	11
2003	Hage v. General Service Bureau	306 F. Supp. 2d 883	10
2003	Palmer v. Clarke	293 F. Supp. 2d 1011	10
2011	CITIZENS IN CHARGE v. Gale	810 F. Supp. 2d 916	9
2006	Fireman's Fund v. Structural Systems Technology, Inc.	426 F. Supp. 2d 1009	8
2005	Citizens for Equal Protection, Inc. v. Bruning	368 F. Supp. 2d 980	8
2009	Softchoice Corp. v. MacKenzie	636 F. Supp. 2d 927	6
2004	Triple 7, Inc. v. Intervet, Inc.	338 F. Supp. 2d 1082	6
2009	Vondra v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.	652 F. Supp. 2d 999	5
2003	United States v. Araque	255 F. Supp. 2d 1010	5
2009	Streck, Inc. v. Research & Diagnostic Systems, Inc.	658 F. Supp. 2d 988	4
2007	United States v. Jackson	488 F. Supp. 2d 866	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 98 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 Joseph F. Bataillon?: President William J. Clinton appointed Joseph F. Bataillon to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1997.
Was Joseph F. Bataillon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Joseph F. Bataillon was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Joseph F. Bataillon's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Joseph F. Bataillon 100–0 on September 11, 1997.
Which court is Joseph F. Bataillon on?: Joseph F. Bataillon is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Sources

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