District of Kansas / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2022

Julie A. Robinson

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by voice vote, Julie A. Robinson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. She earned a law degree from University of Kansas School of Law in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1957 · age 69
Appointed by
George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Kansas 1978 · University of Kansas Law 1981

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2001District of KansasG.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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Robinson was assigned 3,061 district-court cases (1993–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 231 days across 2,901 closed cases.

Civil rights19%
Other civil matters18%
Other federal statutes10%
Personal-injury torts10%
Contract10%
Prisoner & habeas8%
Other24%

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 173 of Robinson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 146 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Robinson authored 176 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Citifinancial Auto v. Hernandez-Simpson (33 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
2007Citifinancial Auto v. Hernandez-Simpson369 B.R. 3633
2004Schroeder v. Kochanowski311 F. Supp. 2d 124133
2003Miller v. United States Parole Comm'n259 F. Supp. 2d 116629
2009Carter v. United States667 F. Supp. 2d 125927
2011Carman v. CBE Group, Inc.782 F. Supp. 2d 122326
2006ICE Corp. v. Hamilton Sundstrand Inc.444 F. Supp. 2d 116525
2008University of Kansas v. Sinks565 F. Supp. 2d 121620
2007Coleman v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kan.487 F. Supp. 2d 122520
2007Elrod v. Swanson478 F. Supp. 2d 125218
2003United States v. Parada289 F. Supp. 2d 129118
2002Smith v. Mission Associates Ltd. Partnership225 F. Supp. 2d 129315
2007Bell v. City of Topeka, Kansas496 F. Supp. 2d 118214
2006Kansas Judicial Watch v. Stout440 F. Supp. 2d 120914
2003United States v. Mesa-Roche288 F. Supp. 2d 117214
2003Geer v. Cox242 F. Supp. 2d 100914

Showing the 15 most-cited of 176 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 Julie A. Robinson?
President George W. Bush appointed Julie A. Robinson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 2001.
Was Julie A. Robinson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Julie A. Robinson was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Julie A. Robinson's confirmation vote?
Julie A. Robinson was confirmed by voice vote on December 11, 2001. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Julie A. Robinson on?
Julie A. Robinson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.

Sources

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