Who appointed Kenneth A. Marra?

President George W. Bush appointed Kenneth A. Marra to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2002.

Was Kenneth A. Marra appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Kenneth A. Marra was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Kenneth A. Marra's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Kenneth A. Marra 82–0 on September 9, 2002.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 2002 / Senior status since 2017

Kenneth A. Marra

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 82–0, Kenneth A. Marra is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 82–0
Education: State of New York at Stony Brook 1973 · Stetson College of Law 1977
Succeeded by: Aileen Mercedes Cannon

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Southern District of Florida	G.W. Bush (R)	82–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 82–0 on September 9, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 211. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 82

44 D, 37 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 18

6 D, 12 R

Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook	B.A.	1973
Stetson University College of Law	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Marra was assigned 6,267 district-court cases (1987–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 188 days across 6,241 closed cases.

Civil rights17%

Labor & ERISA16%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Contract14%

Other federal statutes11%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other20%

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 390 of Marra’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 340 were affirmed, 31 reversed or vacated, and 19 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, Marra authored 56 published opinions for the court (2002–2012). Most cited: Sierra Equity Group, Inc. v. White Oak Equity Partners, LLC (43 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
2009	Sierra Equity Group, Inc. v. White Oak Equity Partners, LLC	650 F. Supp. 2d 1213	43
2009	Kertesz v. Net Transactions, Ltd.	635 F. Supp. 2d 1339	38
2011	Medmarc Casualty Insurance v. Pineiro & Byrd PLLC	783 F. Supp. 2d 1214	23
2007	Federal Trade Commission v. Transnet Wireless Corp.	506 F. Supp. 2d 1247	22
2009	Exhibit Icons, LLC v. XP COMPANIES, LLC	609 F. Supp. 2d 1282	18
2011	United States v. 1. All Funds in Account of Property Futures, Inc.	820 F. Supp. 2d 1305	14
2008	Global Patent Holdings, LLC v. PANTHERS BRHC LLC	586 F. Supp. 2d 1331	13
2010	In Re Chiquita Brands Intern., Inc. Alien Tort	690 F. Supp. 2d 1296	12
2003	Nicor International Corp. v. El Paso Corp.	292 F. Supp. 2d 1357	12
2002	Kentov v. Point Blank Body Armor, Inc.	258 F. Supp. 2d 1325	12
2007	Pendlebury v. Starbucks Coffee Co.	518 F. Supp. 2d 1345	11
2006	Sun-Sentinel Co. v. United States Department of Homeland Security	431 F. Supp. 2d 1258	11
2011	In Re Chiquita Brands International, Inc.	792 F. Supp. 2d 1301	9
2010	Office Depot, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance	734 F. Supp. 2d 1304	9
2011	Does v. United States	817 F. Supp. 2d 1337	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 56 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 Kenneth A. Marra?: President George W. Bush appointed Kenneth A. Marra to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 2002.
Was Kenneth A. Marra appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Kenneth A. Marra was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Kenneth A. Marra's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Kenneth A. Marra 82–0 on September 9, 2002.
Which court is Kenneth A. Marra on?: Kenneth A. Marra is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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