Who appointed Kent A. Jordan?

President George W. Bush appointed Kent A. Jordan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2006.

Was Kent A. Jordan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Kent A. Jordan's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Kent A. Jordan 91–0 on December 8, 2006.

Third Circuit / Appointed 2006 / Served to 2025

Kent A. Jordan

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by the Senate 91–0, Kent A. Jordan was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1957 · age 69
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2006
Confirmed: 91–0
Education: Brigham Young 1981 · Georgetown Law Center 1984
Succeeded: Jane Richards Roth
Succeeded by: Jennifer Lee Mascott

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	District of Delaware succeeded Roderick R. McKelvie	G.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2006	Third Circuit succeeded Jane Richards Roth	G.W. Bush (R)	91–0

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

Nomination Confirmed 91–0 on December 8, 2006 · 109th Congress, Roll Call 276. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

42 D, 48 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 9

2 D, 7 R

Education

Brigham Young University	B.A.	1981
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1984

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jordan was assigned 1,138 district-court cases (1994–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 442 days across 1,138 closed cases.

Bankruptcy40%

Prisoner & habeas17%

Intellectual property13%

Civil rights10%

Contract5%

Other federal statutes3%

Other11%

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.

In our data, Jordan authored 119 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Continuing Creditors' Committee of Star Telecommunications Inc. v. Edgecomb (21 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2004	Continuing Creditors' Committee of Star Telecommunications Inc. v. Edgecomb	385 F. Supp. 2d 449	21
2003	Callaway Golf Co. v. Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas, Inc.	295 F. Supp. 2d 430	18
2006	AstraZeneca LP v. TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc.	444 F. Supp. 2d 278	17
2004	Callaway Golf Co. v. Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas, Inc.	318 F. Supp. 2d 216	17
2004	Maloney v. Gordon	328 F. Supp. 2d 508	16
2003	Liveware Publishing, Inc. v. Best Software, Inc.	252 F. Supp. 2d 74	16
2003	Tulip Computers International B v. v. Dell Computer Corp.	254 F. Supp. 2d 469	16
2006	Riley v. Delaware River and Bay Authority	457 F. Supp. 2d 505	15
2004	Oxford Gene Technology Ltd. v. Mergen Ltd.	345 F. Supp. 2d 431	15
2007	Novozymes A/S v. Genencor International, Inc.	474 F. Supp. 2d 592	12
2006	Jordan v. Delaware Ex Rel. Delaware Department of Corrections	433 F. Supp. 2d 433	11
2005	Callaway Golf Co. v. Slazenger	384 F. Supp. 2d 735	11
2004	Chemipal Ltd. v. Slim-Fast Nutritional Foods International, Inc.	350 F. Supp. 2d 582	11
2009	Purdue Pharma Products L.P. v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.	642 F. Supp. 2d 329	10
2006	Eames v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance	412 F. Supp. 2d 431	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 119 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 Kent A. Jordan?: President George W. Bush appointed Kent A. Jordan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2006.
Was Kent A. Jordan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Kent A. Jordan was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Kent A. Jordan's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Kent A. Jordan 91–0 on December 8, 2006.
Which court was Kent A. Jordan on?: Kent A. Jordan was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Sources

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