Kimberly Jo Mueller
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Kimberly Jo Mueller was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. She earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1995. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1957 · age 69
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Pomona College 1981 · Stanford Law School 1995
- Succeeded
- Frank C. Damrell Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Dena Michaela Coggins
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Eastern District of California succeeded Frank C. Damrell Jr. | Obama (D) | 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
| Pomona College | B.A. | 1981 |
| Stanford Law School | J.D. | 1995 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mueller was assigned 3,609 district-court cases (1978–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 234 days across 3,452 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 498 of Mueller’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 354 were affirmed, 76 reversed or vacated, and 68 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, Mueller authored 1 published opinion for the court (2006). Most cited: United States v. Scott (2 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | United States v. Scott | 428 F. Supp. 2d 1126 | 2 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Kimberly Jo Mueller?
- President Barack Obama appointed Kimberly Jo Mueller to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 2010.
- Was Kimberly Jo Mueller appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Kimberly Jo Mueller was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Kimberly Jo Mueller's confirmation vote?
- Kimberly Jo Mueller was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Kimberly Jo Mueller on?
- Kimberly Jo Mueller was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).