Who appointed Michael P. Mills?

President George W. Bush appointed Michael P. Mills to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 2001.

Was Michael P. Mills appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Michael P. Mills was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Michael P. Mills's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Michael P. Mills 98–0 on October 11, 2001.

Northern District of Mississippi / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2021

Michael P. Mills

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Michael P. Mills is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. He earned a law degree from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: University of Mississippi 1978 · University of Mississippi Law 1980
Succeeded: Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.
Succeeded by: James Donald Maxwell II

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	Northern District of Mississippi succeeded Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on October 11, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 298. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

49 D, 49 R

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 I

Christopher Dodd(D-CT)
James Jeffords(I-VT)

Education

Itawamba Community College	A.A.	1976
University of Mississippi	B.A.	1978
University of Mississippi School of Law	J.D.	1980
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.M.	2001

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Mills was assigned 4,545 district-court cases (1995–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 255 days across 4,162 closed cases.

Other civil matters25%

Personal-injury torts19%

Civil rights15%

Contract15%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Labor & ERISA3%

Other11%

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 259 of Mills’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 202 were affirmed, 37 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Mills authored 63 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Williamson Pounders Architects, P.C. v. Tunica County (16 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	Williamson Pounders Architects, P.C. v. Tunica County	681 F. Supp. 2d 766	16
2002	Austin v. Will-Burt Co.	232 F. Supp. 2d 682	8
2011	Cook Ex Rel. Wrongful Death Beneficiaries v. GGNSC Ripley, LLC	786 F. Supp. 2d 1166	7
2009	Johnson v. Lewis	645 F. Supp. 2d 578	7
2004	Warren v. Terex Corp.	328 F. Supp. 2d 641	7
2007	United States v. Boose	498 F. Supp. 2d 887	6
2002	Buckingham v. Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, Inc.	283 B.R. 691	6
2009	Johnson v. Merchant	628 F. Supp. 2d 695	4
2006	Hill v. General Insurance Co. of America	456 F. Supp. 2d 757	4
2002	Davis v. Johnson	205 F. Supp. 2d 616	4
2010	Mullen v. CITY OF GRENADA, MISS.	704 F. Supp. 2d 567	3
2009	Lonoaea v. Corrections Corp. of America	665 F. Supp. 2d 677	3
2007	Rih Acquisitions MS II LLC v. Clarke Power Services, Inc.	489 F. Supp. 2d 597	3
2005	Delaney v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	408 F. Supp. 2d 240	3
2005	Foamex, L.P. v. Superior Products Sales, Inc.	361 F. Supp. 2d 576	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 P. Mills?: President George W. Bush appointed Michael P. Mills to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in 2001.
Was Michael P. Mills appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Michael P. Mills was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Michael P. Mills's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Michael P. Mills 98–0 on October 11, 2001.
Which court is Michael P. Mills on?: Michael P. Mills is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Sources

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