Who appointed Landya B. McCafferty?

President Barack Obama appointed Landya B. McCafferty to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in 2013.

Was Landya B. McCafferty appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Landya B. McCafferty was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Landya B. McCafferty's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Landya B. McCafferty 79–19 on December 12, 2013.

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Landya B. McCafferty

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2013 and confirmed by the Senate 79–19, Landya B. McCafferty is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. She earned a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1991. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1962 · age 64
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2013
Confirmed: 79–19
Chief judge: District of New Hampshire, 2018 to 2025
Education: Harvard 1984 · Northeastern Law 1991
Succeeded: Steven J. McAuliffe

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2013	District of New Hampshire succeeded Steven J. McAuliffe chief judge 2018 to 2025	Obama (D)	79–19

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 79–19 on December 12, 2013 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 262. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 79

53 D, 24 R, 2 I

Voted against · 19

19 R

Did not vote · 2

2 R

Thad Cochran(R-MS)
Mark Kirk(R-IL)

Education

Harvard University	A.B.	1984
Northeastern University School of Law	J.D.	1991

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

Assistant director of admissions and teacher, St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire	1984-1988
Law clerk, Hon. Norman H. Stahl, U.S. District Court, District of New Hampshire	1991-1992
Law clerk, Hon. Norman H. Stahl, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	1992-1993
Private practice, Manchester, New Hampshire	1993-1994
Law clerk, Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts	1994-1995
Staff attorney, New Hampshire Public Defender Program	1995-2003
Disciplinary counsel, New Hampshire Attorney Discipline Office	2003-2010

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, McCafferty was assigned 3,705 district-court cases (2010–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 992 days across 2,339 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts41%

Other civil matters40%

Civil rights4%

Prisoner & habeas4%

Other federal statutes2%

Real property2%

Other8%

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 74 of McCafferty’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 63 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, McCafferty authored 5 published opinions for the court (2010–2011). Most cited: Michnovez v. Blair, LLC (10 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
2011	Michnovez v. Blair, LLC	795 F. Supp. 2d 177	10
2010	Collins v. University of New Hampshire	746 F. Supp. 2d 358	7
2010	Coldwell Banker Real Estate, LLC v. Brian Moses Realty, Inc.	752 F. Supp. 2d 148	7
2010	PC Connection, Inc. v. Crabtree	754 F. Supp. 2d 317	6
2011	Urological Surgery Professional Ass'n v. William Mann Co.	764 F. Supp. 2d 311	1

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 Landya B. McCafferty?: President Barack Obama appointed Landya B. McCafferty to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in 2013.
Was Landya B. McCafferty appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Landya B. McCafferty was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Landya B. McCafferty's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Landya B. McCafferty 79–19 on December 12, 2013.
Which court is Landya B. McCafferty on?: Landya B. McCafferty is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Sources

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12 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).