Who appointed Karen E. Schreier?

President William J. Clinton appointed Karen E. Schreier to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in 1999.

Was Karen E. Schreier appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Karen E. Schreier was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Karen E. Schreier's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Karen E. Schreier 94–4 on June 30, 1999.

District of South Dakota / Appointed 1999 / Senior status since 2024

Karen E. Schreier

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by the Senate 94–4, Karen E. Schreier is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. She earned a law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: 94–4
Education: St. Louis 1978 · St. Louis Law 1981
Succeeded: Richard Howard Battey
Succeeded by: Eric Claude Schulte

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	District of South Dakota succeeded Richard Howard Battey	Clinton (D)	94–4

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 94–4 on June 30, 1999 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 190. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 94

45 D, 49 R

Voted against · 4

4 R

Did not vote · 2

2 R

Connie Mack(R-FL)
George Voinovich(R-OH)

Education

St. Louis University	A.B.	1978
St. Louis University School of Law	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Schreier was assigned 2,235 district-court cases (1987–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 280 days across 2,044 closed cases.

Other civil matters25%

Contract16%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Personal-injury torts12%

Civil rights9%

Social Security6%

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 200 of Schreier’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 173 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Schreier authored 61 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: Shirt v. Hazeltine (31 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
2004	Shirt v. Hazeltine	336 F. Supp. 2d 976	31
2001	United States v. White Horse	177 F. Supp. 2d 973	19
2005	Rhines v. Weber	408 F. Supp. 2d 844	18
2011	Hughbanks v. Dooley	788 F. Supp. 2d 988	16
2003	United States Ex Rel. Johnson-Pochardt v. Rapid City Regional Hospital	252 F. Supp. 2d 892	13
2006	Harms v. Cigna Insurance Companies	421 F. Supp. 2d 1225	12
2009	PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA, ND, SD v. Rounds	650 F. Supp. 2d 972	11
2005	Planned Parenthood Minnesota v. Rounds	375 F. Supp. 2d 881	11
2003	United States v. Salamanca	244 F. Supp. 2d 1023	11
2010	Sancom, Inc. v. Qwest Communications Corp.	683 F. Supp. 2d 1043	10
2009	Sancom, Inc. v. Qwest Communications Corp.	643 F. Supp. 2d 1117	10
2007	Cottier v. City of Martin	475 F. Supp. 2d 932	10
2000	Sturgis Area Chamber of Commerce v. Sturgis Rally & Races, Inc.	99 F. Supp. 2d 1090	9
2009	Alliance Communications Cooperative, Inc. v. Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc.	663 F. Supp. 2d 807	8
2011	Berry v. Time Insurance	798 F. Supp. 2d 1015	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 61 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 Karen E. Schreier?: President William J. Clinton appointed Karen E. Schreier to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in 1999.
Was Karen E. Schreier appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Karen E. Schreier was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Karen E. Schreier's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Karen E. Schreier 94–4 on June 30, 1999.
Which court is Karen E. Schreier on?: Karen E. Schreier is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Sources

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