Who appointed Martin J. Jenkins?

President William J. Clinton appointed Martin J. Jenkins to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1997.

Was Martin J. Jenkins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Martin J. Jenkins was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Martin J. Jenkins's confirmation vote?

Martin J. Jenkins was confirmed by voice vote on November 9, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of California / Appointed 1997 / Served to 2008

Martin J. Jenkins

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Martin J. Jenkins was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of San Francisco School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara) 1976 · University of San Francisco Law 1980
Succeeded: Eugene F. Lynch
Succeeded by: Edward Milton Chen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Northern District of California succeeded Eugene F. Lynch	Clinton (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

City College of San Francisco	A.A.	1973
University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara University)	B.A.	1976
University of San Francisco School of Law	J.D.	1980

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jenkins was assigned 3,053 district-court cases (1982–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 182 days across 3,053 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas35%

Civil rights17%

Personal-injury torts9%

Contract8%

Other federal statutes7%

Labor & ERISA7%

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 74 of Jenkins’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 65 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Jenkins authored 43 published opinions for the court (1999–2008). Most cited: Shumye v. Felleke (36 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
2008	Shumye v. Felleke	555 F. Supp. 2d 1020	36
2007	Amisil Holdings Ltd. v. Clarium Capital Management	622 F. Supp. 2d 825	33
2002	Florens Container v. Cho Yang Shipping	245 F. Supp. 2d 1086	31
2004	Love v. Motion Industries, Inc.	309 F. Supp. 2d 1128	28
2003	Wietschner v. Monterey Pasta Co.	294 F. Supp. 2d 1102	23
2007	In Re Rubber Chemicals Antitrust Litigation	504 F. Supp. 2d 777	22
2008	Herbert J. Sims & Co., Inc. v. Roven	548 F. Supp. 2d 759	17
2007	Thomas v. Home Depot USA Inc.	527 F. Supp. 2d 1003	16
2007	Lopez-Reyes v. Kenosian & Miele, LLP	525 F. Supp. 2d 1158	14
2007	Netbula, LLC v. BindView Development Corp.	516 F. Supp. 2d 1137	14
2001	Armour v. Network Associates, Inc.	171 F. Supp. 2d 1044	13
2008	Reyes v. Kenosian & Miele, LLP	619 F. Supp. 2d 796	12
2007	Glenbrook Capital Ltd. Partnership v. Kuo	525 F. Supp. 2d 1130	12
2005	Swords to Plowshares v. Kemp	423 F. Supp. 2d 1031	12
2008	Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co.	560 F. Supp. 2d 835	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 43 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 Martin J. Jenkins?: President William J. Clinton appointed Martin J. Jenkins to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1997.
Was Martin J. Jenkins appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Martin J. Jenkins was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Martin J. Jenkins's confirmation vote?: Martin J. Jenkins was confirmed by voice vote on November 9, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Martin J. Jenkins on?: Martin J. Jenkins was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Sources

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