Who appointed Kurt Damian Engelhardt?

President Donald J. Trump appointed Kurt Damian Engelhardt to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2018.

Was Kurt Damian Engelhardt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Kurt Damian Engelhardt was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Kurt Damian Engelhardt's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Kurt Damian Engelhardt 62–34 on May 9, 2018.

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Kurt Damian Engelhardt

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

Appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the Senate 62–34, Kurt Damian Engelhardt is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1985. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1960 · age 66
Appointed by: Donald J. Trump, 2018
Confirmed: 62–34
Education: Louisiana State 1982 · Louisiana State, Paul M. Hebert Law Center 1985
Succeeded: Edith Brown Clement

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Morey Leonard Sear	G.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2018	Fifth Circuit succeeded Edith Brown Clement	Trump (R)	62–34

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 62–34 on May 9, 2018 · 115th Congress, Roll Call 87. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 62

12 D, 49 R, 1 I

Voted against · 34

33 D, 1 I

Did not vote · 4

2 D, 2 R

Education

Louisiana State University	B.A.	1982
Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center	J.D.	1985

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Engelhardt was assigned 6,308 district-court cases (1980–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 403 days across 6,307 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts51%

Contract27%

Prisoner & habeas6%

Civil rights5%

Other federal statutes3%

Property torts2%

Other6%

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 291 of Engelhardt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 215 were affirmed, 31 reversed or vacated, and 45 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, Engelhardt authored 18 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: In Re Fema Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation (11 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
2008	In Re Fema Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation	570 F. Supp. 2d 851	11
2011	Hill v. HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, INC.	799 F. Supp. 2d 658	8
2007	White v. Allstate Insurance	513 F. Supp. 2d 674	8
2002	Apex Oil Company, Inc. v. United States	208 F. Supp. 2d 642	7
2009	In Re Fema Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation	620 F. Supp. 2d 755	6
2008	In Re FEMA Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation	583 F. Supp. 2d 758	5
2008	Jenkins v. Aries Marine Corp.	554 F. Supp. 2d 635	5
2008	Jenkins v. Aries Marine Corp.	590 F. Supp. 2d 807	4
2011	In Re Fema Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation	780 F. Supp. 2d 514	1
2009	Hinson v. M/V CHIMERA	661 F. Supp. 2d 614	1
2008	HH WHITE, LLC v. Hanover Ins. Co.	559 F. Supp. 2d 714	1
2008	AMC Liftboats, Inc. v. APACHE CORPORATION	622 F. Supp. 2d 355	1
2002	Roshan Associates, Inc. v. Motiva Enterprises, L.L.C.	241 F. Supp. 2d 639	1
2010	In Re Fema Trailer Formaldehyde Products Liability Litigation	719 F. Supp. 2d 677	0
2010	Battaglia v. Gulf Stream Coach, Inc.	679 F. Supp. 2d 704	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 18 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 Kurt Damian Engelhardt?: President Donald J. Trump appointed Kurt Damian Engelhardt to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2018.
Was Kurt Damian Engelhardt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Kurt Damian Engelhardt was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Kurt Damian Engelhardt's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Kurt Damian Engelhardt 62–34 on May 9, 2018.
Which court is Kurt Damian Engelhardt on?: Kurt Damian Engelhardt is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Sources

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