Marco Antonio Hernandez
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by voice vote, Marco Antonio Hernandez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He earned a law degree from University of Washington School of Law in 1986. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1957 · age 69
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2011
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Western Oregon State College 1983 · University of Washington Law 1986
- Succeeded
- Garr M. King
- Succeeded by
- Amy Margaret Baggio
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | District of Oregon succeeded Garr M. King | 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
| Western Oregon State College | B.A. | 1983 |
| University of Washington School of Law | J.D. | 1986 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hernandez was assigned 1,838 district-court cases (1987–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 267 days across 1,756 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 155 of Hernandez’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 110 were affirmed, 27 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Hernandez authored 6 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Cain v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC. (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Cain v. BOVIS LEND LEASE, INC. | 817 F. Supp. 2d 1251 | 10 |
| 2011 | Copeland-Turner v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 800 F. Supp. 2d 1132 | 8 |
| 2011 | Rapacki v. Chase Home Finance LLC | 797 F. Supp. 2d 1085 | 7 |
| 2011 | Giulio v. BV CENTERCAL, LLC | 815 F. Supp. 2d 1162 | 6 |
| 2011 | Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. v. Coast Cutlery Co. | 823 F. Supp. 2d 1150 | 1 |
| 2011 | Tocci v. Napolitano | 791 F. Supp. 2d 994 | 0 |
Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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 Marco Antonio Hernandez?
- President Barack Obama appointed Marco Antonio Hernandez to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 2011.
- Was Marco Antonio Hernandez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Marco Antonio Hernandez was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Marco Antonio Hernandez's confirmation vote?
- Marco Antonio Hernandez was confirmed by voice vote on February 7, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Marco Antonio Hernandez on?
- Marco Antonio Hernandez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (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 District of Oregon. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).