Who appointed Karon O. Bowdre?

President George W. Bush appointed Karon O. Bowdre to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 2001.

Was Karon O. Bowdre appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Karon O. Bowdre was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Karon O. Bowdre's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Karon O. Bowdre 98–0 on November 6, 2001.

Northern District of Alabama / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2020

Karon O. Bowdre

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Karon O. Bowdre is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. She earned a law degree from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1955 · age 71
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: Samford 1977 · Samford, Cumberland Law 1981
Succeeded: Sam Clyde Pointer Jr.
Succeeded by: Anna Marie Manasco

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	Northern District of Alabama succeeded Sam Clyde Pointer Jr.	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 November 6, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 326. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

49 D, 48 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 R

George Allen(R-VA)
Robert Torricelli(D-NJ)

Education

Samford University	B.A.	1977
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bowdre was assigned 3,776 district-court cases (1990–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 221 days across 3,771 closed cases.

Civil rights22%

Labor & ERISA20%

Prisoner & habeas17%

Contract10%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other federal statutes7%

Other15%

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 202 of Bowdre’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 167 were affirmed, 23 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, Bowdre authored 24 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Smith v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc. (24 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
2002	Smith v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc.	229 F. Supp. 2d 1275	24
2002	W.R. Huff Asset Management Co. v. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.	234 F. Supp. 2d 1218	10
2006	Alabama v. United States Army Corps of Engineers	441 F. Supp. 2d 1123	6
2008	Evans v. Walter Industries, Inc.	579 F. Supp. 2d 1349	5
2007	Gamble v. PinnOak Resources, LLC	511 F. Supp. 2d 1111	4
2005	United States v. Scrushy	366 F. Supp. 2d 1134	4
2003	Chazen v. Deloitte & Touche, LLP	247 F. Supp. 2d 1259	4
2010	Ray v. Sun Life & Health Ins. Co.	752 F. Supp. 2d 1229	3
2008	Pension & Employee Stock Ownership Plan Administrative Committee of Community Bancshares, Inc. v. Patterson	547 F. Supp. 2d 1230	3
2007	Scarpulla v. Bayer Corp. Disability Plan	514 F. Supp. 2d 1262	3
2003	American Canoe Ass'n v. White	277 F. Supp. 2d 1244	2
2002	Burleson v. Colbert County-Northwest Alabama Healthcare Authority	221 F. Supp. 2d 1265	2
2002	Greenbriar Village, L.L.C. v. City of Mountain Brook	202 F. Supp. 2d 1279	2
2002	Ruiz De Molina v. Merritt & Furman Insurance Agency, Inc.	220 F. Supp. 2d 1249	2
2011	Argonaut Great Central Insurance v. Mitchell	775 F. Supp. 2d 1322	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 24 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 Karon O. Bowdre?: President George W. Bush appointed Karon O. Bowdre to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 2001.
Was Karon O. Bowdre appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Karon O. Bowdre was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Karon O. Bowdre's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Karon O. Bowdre 98–0 on November 6, 2001.
Which court is Karon O. Bowdre on?: Karon O. Bowdre is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Sources

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