District of Puerto Rico / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2020

Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He earned a law degree from University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1968. Sources ↓

Lived
1941–2020
Appointed by
Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Puerto Rico 1963 · University of Puerto Rico Law 1968

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1979District of Puerto RicoCarter (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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Pérez-Giménez was assigned 3,814 district-court cases (1973–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 365 days across 3,814 closed cases.

Contract16%
Real property15%
Personal-injury torts14%
Civil rights13%
Prisoner & habeas13%
Social Security9%
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 150 of Pérez-Giménez’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 122 were affirmed, 21 reversed or vacated, and 7 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 Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez?
President Jimmy Carter appointed Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 1979.
Was Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez's confirmation vote?
Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez was confirmed by voice vote on December 5, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez on?
Juan Manuel Pérez-Giménez was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Sources

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