Michael Boudin
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Michael Boudin was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1964. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1939–2025
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1961 · Harvard Law School 1964
- Succeeded
- Levin Hicks Campbell
- Succeeded by
- David Jeremiah Barron
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | District of Columbia succeeded John Helm Pratt | G.H.W. Bush (R) | Voice vote |
| 1992 | First Circuit succeeded Levin Hicks Campbell | G.H.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
| Harvard University | B.A. | 1961 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1964 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Boudin was assigned 163 district-court cases (1989–1991). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 163 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.
In our data, Boudin authored 71 published opinions for the court (1991–2012). Most cited: Fantini v. Salem State College (357 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fantini v. Salem State College | 557 F.3d 22 | 357 |
| 2010 | Merlonghi v. United States | 620 F.3d 50 | 181 |
| 2009 | Thornton v. United Parcel Service, Inc. | 587 F.3d 27 | 126 |
| 2010 | Gomez-Gonzalez v. Rural Opportunities, Inc. | 626 F.3d 654 | 101 |
| 2008 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ficken | 546 F.3d 45 | 87 |
| 2010 | Federal Trade Commission v. Direct Marketing Concepts, Inc. | 624 F.3d 1 | 86 |
| 2009 | United States v. Ayala-Garcia | 574 F.3d 5 | 66 |
| 2010 | United States v. Mathur | 624 F.3d 498 | 63 |
| 2008 | Warren Freedenfeld Associates, Inc. v. McTigue | 531 F.3d 38 | 63 |
| 2009 | United States v. Chaney | 584 F.3d 20 | 56 |
| 2011 | Hill v. Gozani | 638 F.3d 40 | 54 |
| 2008 | Leftwich v. Maloney | 532 F.3d 20 | 51 |
| 2009 | United States v. Lewis | 554 F.3d 208 | 47 |
| 2010 | Barr v. Galvin | 626 F.3d 99 | 46 |
| 2010 | Next Step Medical Co. v. Johnson & Johnson International | 619 F.3d 67 | 44 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 71 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 Michael Boudin?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Michael Boudin to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1992.
- Was Michael Boudin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Michael Boudin was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Michael Boudin's confirmation vote?
- Michael Boudin was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Michael Boudin on?
- Michael Boudin was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Wyn Hornbuckle (DOJ) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).