Who appointed Mark Steven Davis?

President George W. Bush appointed Mark Steven Davis to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2008.

Was Mark Steven Davis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Mark Steven 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 Mark Steven Davis's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Mark Steven Davis 94–0 on June 10, 2008.

Eastern District of Virginia / Appointed 2008 / Active

Mark Steven Davis

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and confirmed by the Senate 94–0, Mark Steven Davis is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1988. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1962 · age 64
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2008
Confirmed: 94–0
Education: University of Virginia 1984 · Washington and Lee Law 1988
Succeeded: Thomas Selby Ellis III

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Eastern District of Virginia succeeded Thomas Selby Ellis III	G.W. Bush (R)	94–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 94–0 on June 10, 2008 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 148. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 94

45 D, 47 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 6

4 D, 2 R

Education

University of Virginia	B.A.	1984
Washington and Lee University School of Law	J.D.	1988

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Davis was assigned 2,412 district-court cases (2007–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 130 days across 2,110 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas23%

Other civil matters22%

Personal-injury torts21%

Civil rights11%

Contract7%

Other federal statutes4%

Other14%

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 457 of Davis’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 400 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 27 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 46 published opinions for the court (2008–2011). Most cited: EMI April Music, Inc. v. White (51 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
2009	EMI April Music, Inc. v. White	618 F. Supp. 2d 497	51
2011	Edwards v. Murphy-Brown, L.L.C.	760 F. Supp. 2d 607	47
2009	Level 3 Communications, LLC v. Limelight Networks, Inc.	611 F. Supp. 2d 572	36
2010	Monk v. Potter	723 F. Supp. 2d 860	28
2011	Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Overlook, LLC	785 F. Supp. 2d 502	25
2009	Ware v. James City County, Virginia	652 F. Supp. 2d 693	22
2011	Kennedy v. a Touch of Patience Shared Housing, Inc.	779 F. Supp. 2d 516	21
2010	Tattoo Art, Inc. v. TAT International, LLC	711 F. Supp. 2d 645	19
2009	Perry-Bey v. City of Norfolk, Va.	678 F. Supp. 2d 348	18
2010	United States v. Hasan	747 F. Supp. 2d 642	17
2011	Sherman v. Litton Loan Servicing, L.P.	796 F. Supp. 2d 753	15
2010	United States v. Hasan	747 F. Supp. 2d 599	15
2009	Noble Security, Inc. v. MIZ Engineering, Ltd.	611 F. Supp. 2d 513	14
2008	White v. Nicholas L. Potocska, P.C.	589 F. Supp. 2d 631	14
2011	Builders Mutual Insurance v. Futura Group, L.L.C.	779 F. Supp. 2d 529	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 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 Mark Steven Davis?: President George W. Bush appointed Mark Steven Davis to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2008.
Was Mark Steven Davis appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Mark Steven 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 Mark Steven Davis's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Mark Steven Davis 94–0 on June 10, 2008.
Which court is Mark Steven Davis on?: Mark Steven Davis is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Sources

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