Who appointed Leonard E. Davis?

President George W. Bush appointed Leonard E. Davis to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2002.

Was Leonard E. Davis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Leonard E. Davis was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Leonard E. Davis's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Leonard E. Davis 97–0 on May 9, 2002.

Eastern District of Texas / Appointed 2002 / Served to 2015

Leonard E. Davis

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, Leonard E. Davis was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He earned a law degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: University of Texas 1970 · Baylor Law 1976
Succeeded: Paul Neeley Brown
Succeeded by: J. Campbell Barker

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Eastern District of Texas succeeded Paul Neeley Brown	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on May 9, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 104. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

49 D, 47 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 3

1 D, 2 R

Education

University of Texas	B.A.	1970
Texas Christian University	M.A.	1974
Baylor University School of Law	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Davis was assigned 3,314 district-court cases (1980–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 223 days across 3,257 closed cases.

Intellectual property29%

Prisoner & habeas23%

Personal-injury torts12%

Contract7%

Criminal6%

Civil rights6%

Other17%

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 159 of Davis’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 136 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Davis authored 107 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Opinion (46 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
–	Opinion	305 F. Supp. 2d 658	46
2004	Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Alcatel USA, Inc.	301 F. Supp. 2d 599	39
2005	Soverain Software LLC v. Amazon. Com, Inc.	356 F. Supp. 2d 660	37
2003	Belt v. Emcare, Inc.	299 F. Supp. 2d 664	34
2009	United States v. Paroline	672 F. Supp. 2d 781	32
2006	Vine Street, LLC v. Keeling Ex Rel. Estate of Keeling	460 F. Supp. 2d 728	23
2006	Z4 Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.	434 F. Supp. 2d 437	19
2003	Langton v. Cbeyond Communication, L.L.C.	282 F. Supp. 2d 504	18
2003	Lott v. Andrews Center	259 F. Supp. 2d 564	16
2009	I4i Ltd. Partnership v. Microsoft Corp.	670 F. Supp. 2d 568	15
2007	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation v. Buffalo Technology Inc.	492 F. Supp. 2d 600	15
2009	Fujitsu Ltd. v. Tellabs, Inc.	639 F. Supp. 2d 761	14
2004	STMicroelectronics, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc.	308 F. Supp. 2d 754	14
2006	Monroe v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY	417 F. Supp. 2d 824	13
2005	Vine Street LLC v. Keeling	362 F. Supp. 2d 754	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 107 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 Leonard E. Davis?: President George W. Bush appointed Leonard E. Davis to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in 2002.
Was Leonard E. Davis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Leonard E. Davis was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Leonard E. Davis's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Leonard E. Davis 97–0 on May 9, 2002.
Which court was Leonard E. Davis on?: Leonard E. Davis was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Sources

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