Keith Starrett
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by voice vote, Keith Starrett is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2004
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Mississippi State 1972 · University of Mississippi Law 1974
- Succeeded
- Charles Willis Pickering Sr.
- Succeeded by
- Kristi Haskins Johnson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Southern District of Mississippi succeeded Charles Willis Pickering Sr. | G.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, Starrett was assigned 5,041 district-court cases (1966–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 181 days across 4,931 closed cases.
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 286 of Starrett’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 231 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 27 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, Starrett authored 49 published opinions for the court (2005–2011). Most cited: Gatewood v. Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC (12 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Gatewood v. Koch Foods of Mississippi, LLC | 569 F. Supp. 2d 687 | 12 |
| 2010 | McSwain v. Sunrise Medical, Inc. | 689 F. Supp. 2d 835 | 10 |
| 2011 | Elliot v. AMADAS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 796 F. Supp. 2d 796 | 9 |
| 2010 | Jordan v. Epps | 740 F. Supp. 2d 802 | 9 |
| 2007 | McLendon v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 521 F. Supp. 2d 561 | 9 |
| 2008 | White v. Peco Foods, Inc. | 546 F. Supp. 2d 339 | 8 |
| 2007 | Amstar Mortgage Corp. v. Indian Gold, LLC | 517 F. Supp. 2d 889 | 8 |
| 2007 | Cole v. Chevron USA, Inc. | 554 F. Supp. 2d 655 | 8 |
| 2006 | Wells Ex Rel. Wells v. Radiator Specialty Co. | 413 F. Supp. 2d 778 | 8 |
| 2005 | Ward v. Life Investors Insurance Co. of America | 383 F. Supp. 2d 882 | 8 |
| 2010 | PIC Group, Inc. v. LandCoast Insulation, Inc. | 718 F. Supp. 2d 795 | 7 |
| 2009 | Nichols v. University of Southern Mississippi | 669 F. Supp. 2d 684 | 7 |
| 2009 | Hughes v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | 669 F. Supp. 2d 701 | 6 |
| 2006 | Dowdy v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance | 458 F. Supp. 2d 289 | 6 |
| 2005 | Tellus Operating Group, L.L.C. v. R & D Pipe Co. | 377 F. Supp. 2d 604 | 5 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 49 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 Keith Starrett?
- President George W. Bush appointed Keith Starrett to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi in 2004.
- Was Keith Starrett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Keith Starrett was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Keith Starrett's confirmation vote?
- Keith Starrett was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 2004. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Keith Starrett on?
- Keith Starrett is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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21 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).