Middle District of Alabama / Appointed 2002 / Served to 2015

Mark E. Fuller

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Mark E. Fuller was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from University of Alabama School of Law in 1985. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1958 · age 68
Appointed by
George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Alabama 1982 · University of Alabama Law 1985
Succeeded
Ira DeMent

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2002Middle District of Alabama
succeeded Ira DeMent
G.W. Bush (R)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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Fuller was assigned 1,687 district-court cases (1996–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 245 days across 1,687 closed cases.

Civil rights22%
Prisoner & habeas18%
Personal-injury torts14%
Contract14%
Criminal12%
Other federal statutes6%
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 113 of Fuller’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 97 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Fuller authored 127 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Houston v. Army Fleet Services, L.L.C. (20 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
2007Houston v. Army Fleet Services, L.L.C.509 F. Supp. 2d 103320
2003Thomas v. Alabama Council on Human Relations, Inc.248 F. Supp. 2d 110520
2011Freeman v. Koch Foods of Alabama777 F. Supp. 2d 126413
2009Anderson v. Perdue Farms, Inc.604 F. Supp. 2d 133913
2005DirecTV, Inc. v. Trawick359 F. Supp. 2d 120412
2004Kuhn v. Thompson304 F. Supp. 2d 131312
2011Kintz v. United Parcel Service, Inc.766 F. Supp. 2d 124511
2003Keel v. United States Department of Air Force256 F. Supp. 2d 126911
2006Newsome v. Lee County, Ala.431 F. Supp. 2d 118910
2003Audi Performance & Racing, LLC v. Kasberger273 F. Supp. 2d 122010
2011Exum v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.821 F. Supp. 2d 12859
2011Short v. MANDO AMERICAN CORP.805 F. Supp. 2d 12469
2011Main & Assocs. Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ala.776 F. Supp. 2d 12709
2003Owens v. Life Ins. Co. of Georgia289 F. Supp. 2d 13199
2011Smiley v. Alabama Department of Transportation778 F. Supp. 2d 12838

Showing the 15 most-cited of 127 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 E. Fuller?
President George W. Bush appointed Mark E. Fuller to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 2002.
Was Mark E. Fuller appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Mark E. Fuller 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 E. Fuller's confirmation vote?
Mark E. Fuller was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Mark E. Fuller on?
Mark E. Fuller was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Sources

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