Who appointed Larry R. Hicks?

President George W. Bush appointed Larry R. Hicks to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 2001.

Was Larry R. Hicks appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Larry R. Hicks was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Larry R. Hicks's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Larry R. Hicks 83–0 on November 5, 2001.

District of Nevada / Appointed 2001 / Served to 2024

Larry R. Hicks

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 83–0, Larry R. Hicks was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. He earned a law degree from University of Colorado Law School in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1943–2024
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 83–0
Education: University of Nevada, Reno 1965 · University of Colorado Law School 1968
Succeeded: Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Succeeded by: Jennifer Anna Dorsey

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	District of Nevada succeeded Johnnie B. Rawlinson	G.W. Bush (R)	83–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 83–0 on November 5, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 322. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 83

40 D, 43 R

Did not vote · 17

10 D, 6 R, 1 I

Education

University of Nevada, Reno	B.S.	1965
University of Colorado Law School	J.D.	1968

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hicks was assigned 3,273 district-court cases (1969–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 257 days across 3,255 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas20%

Criminal16%

Civil rights14%

Contract12%

Other federal statutes9%

Other civil matters6%

Other23%

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 406 of Hicks’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 300 were affirmed, 60 reversed or vacated, and 46 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, Hicks authored 66 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Frasure v. United States (98 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
2003	Frasure v. United States	256 F. Supp. 2d 1180	98
2004	Greene v. Wyeth	344 F. Supp. 2d 674	24
2004	Jane Doe A. v. Green	298 F. Supp. 2d 1025	22
2008	Kerwin v. Remittance Assistance Corp.	559 F. Supp. 2d 1117	17
2004	McCaa v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance	330 F. Supp. 2d 1143	17
2004	Herrera v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department	298 F. Supp. 2d 1043	16
2009	SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. CMKM Diamonds, Inc.	635 F. Supp. 2d 1185	15
2007	Southern Service Corporation v. Excel Building Services, Inc.	617 F. Supp. 2d 1097	14
2008	Nevada Fair Housing Center, Inc. v. INC. v. CLARK COUNTY	565 F. Supp. 2d 1178	13
2004	Yerington Ford, Inc. v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.	359 F. Supp. 2d 1075	12
2009	Sikorski v. Whorton	631 F. Supp. 2d 1327	11
2009	Wright v. Incline Village General Improvement District	597 F. Supp. 2d 1191	10
2008	Western Watersheds Project v. Bureau of Land Management	552 F. Supp. 2d 1113	10
2004	Wisenbaker v. Farwell	341 F. Supp. 2d 1160	10
2009	Cohen-Breen v. Gray Television Group, Inc.	661 F. Supp. 2d 1158	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 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 Larry R. Hicks?: President George W. Bush appointed Larry R. Hicks to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 2001.
Was Larry R. Hicks appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Larry R. Hicks was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Larry R. Hicks's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Larry R. Hicks 83–0 on November 5, 2001.
Which court was Larry R. Hicks on?: Larry R. Hicks was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Sources

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