Monti L. Belot
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Monti L. Belot is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. He earned a law degree from University of Kansas School of Law in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1943 · age 83
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Kansas 1965 · University of Kansas Law 1968
- Succeeded by
- Eric F. Melgren
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | District of Kansas | 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
| University of Kansas | B.A. | 1965 |
| University of Kansas School of Law | J.D. | 1968 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Belot was assigned 3,320 district-court cases (1979–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 246 days across 3,319 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.
On appeal
Of 64 of Belot’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 56 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Belot authored 158 published opinions for the court (1991–2010). Most cited: Comeau v. Rupp (103 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Comeau v. Rupp | 810 F. Supp. 1172 | 103 |
| 1993 | Cook v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. | 816 F. Supp. 667 | 62 |
| 1996 | United States v. Nguyen | 928 F. Supp. 1525 | 59 |
| 1996 | Wayman v. Amoco Oil Co. | 923 F. Supp. 1322 | 52 |
| 2000 | United States v. Kennedy | 81 F. Supp. 2d 1103 | 43 |
| 1992 | Comeau v. Rupp | 810 F. Supp. 1127 | 39 |
| 1994 | Ulrich v. K-Mart Corp. | 858 F. Supp. 1087 | 26 |
| 1993 | City of Wichita v. United States Gypsum Co. | 828 F. Supp. 851 | 25 |
| 2003 | City of Wichita, Kansas v. Trustees of APCO Oil Corp. Liquidating Trust | 306 F. Supp. 2d 1040 | 23 |
| 1994 | Bernard v. Doskocil Companies, Inc. | 861 F. Supp. 1006 | 22 |
| 1994 | Mason v. Stock | 869 F. Supp. 828 | 21 |
| 1993 | Griffith v. Mt. Carmel Medical Center | 831 F. Supp. 1532 | 19 |
| 1993 | Conyers v. Safelite Glass Corp. | 825 F. Supp. 974 | 19 |
| 1992 | In Re Sipka | 149 B.R. 181 | 19 |
| 1992 | Rupe v. Triton Oil & Gas Corp. | 806 F. Supp. 1495 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 158 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 Monti L. Belot?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Monti L. Belot to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1991.
- Was Monti L. Belot appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Monti L. Belot 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 Monti L. Belot's confirmation vote?
- Monti L. Belot was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Monti L. Belot on?
- Monti L. Belot is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).