Who appointed Juan Ramon Sánchez?

President George W. Bush appointed Juan Ramon Sánchez to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2004.

Was Juan Ramon Sánchez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Juan Ramon Sánchez was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Juan Ramon Sánchez's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Juan Ramon Sánchez 98–0 on June 23, 2004.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 2004 / Active

Juan Ramon Sánchez

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Juan Ramon Sánchez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1955 · age 71
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: City College of New York 1978 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1981
Succeeded: Jay Carl Waldman

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Jay Carl Waldman	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on June 23, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 141. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

47 D, 50 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 R

Sam Brownback(R-KS)
John Kerry(D-MA)

Education

City College of New York	B.A.	1978
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Sánchez was assigned 4,323 district-court cases (1987–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 191 days across 3,908 closed cases.

Other civil matters18%

Personal-injury torts17%

Civil rights17%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Contract11%

Other federal statutes9%

Other17%

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 308 of Sánchez’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 263 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 17 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, Sánchez authored 11 published opinions for the court (2005–2011). Most cited: Parker v. Long Beach Mortgage Co. (11 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	Parker v. Long Beach Mortgage Co.	534 F. Supp. 2d 528	11
2010	Mente Chevrolet Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Gmac	728 F. Supp. 2d 662	7
2006	Geisenberger v. Gonzales	346 B.R. 678	4
2011	Mitchell v. MG INDUSTRIES, INC.	822 F. Supp. 2d 490	3
2008	United States v. Stearn	548 F. Supp. 2d 182	3
2011	United States v. Schneider	817 F. Supp. 2d 586	2
2005	Whitfield v. Radian Guaranty, Inc.	395 F. Supp. 2d 234	2
2007	Zoom Imaging, L.P. v. St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network	513 F. Supp. 2d 411	1
2005	Armstrong v. United States	382 F. Supp. 2d 703	1
2011	United States v. Martinez	771 F. Supp. 2d 378	0
2007	Showalter v. Brubaker	493 F. Supp. 2d 752	0

Showing the 11 most-cited of 11 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 Juan Ramon Sánchez?: President George W. Bush appointed Juan Ramon Sánchez to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2004.
Was Juan Ramon Sánchez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Juan Ramon Sánchez was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Juan Ramon Sánchez's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Juan Ramon Sánchez 98–0 on June 23, 2004.
Which court is Juan Ramon Sánchez on?: Juan Ramon Sánchez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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