Morrison C. England Jr.
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Morrison C. England Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1983. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1954 · age 72
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2002
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of the Pacific 1977 · University of the Pacific, McGeorge Law 1983
- Succeeded
- Lawrence K. Karlton
- Succeeded by
- Ana Isabel de Alba
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Eastern District of California succeeded Lawrence K. Karlton | 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, England was assigned 3,180 district-court cases (1953–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 254 days across 3,168 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 669 of England’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 513 were affirmed, 102 reversed or vacated, and 54 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, England authored 46 published opinions for the court (2003–2012). Most cited: Microsoft Corp. v. Nop (54 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Microsoft Corp. v. Nop | 549 F. Supp. 2d 1233 | 54 |
| 2010 | Lal v. American Home Servicing, Inc. | 680 F. Supp. 2d 1218 | 39 |
| 2006 | Morgan v. County of Yolo | 436 F. Supp. 2d 1152 | 37 |
| 2005 | Roybal v. Equifax | 405 F. Supp. 2d 1177 | 27 |
| 2004 | UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Sinnott | 300 F. Supp. 2d 993 | 27 |
| 2009 | D.K. Ex Rel. G.M. v. Solano County Office of Education | 667 F. Supp. 2d 1184 | 25 |
| 2012 | Frazier v. REAL TIME RESOLUTIONS, INC. | 469 B.R. 889 | 18 |
| 2007 | Walker v. USAA Casualty Insurance | 474 F. Supp. 2d 1168 | 18 |
| 2010 | Jurin v. Google Inc. | 695 F. Supp. 2d 1117 | 15 |
| 2009 | VP Racing Fuels, Inc. v. General Petroleum Corp. | 673 F. Supp. 2d 1073 | 14 |
| 2008 | United States v. Honeywell International, Inc. | 542 F. Supp. 2d 1188 | 13 |
| 2010 | Nelson v. City of Davis | 709 F. Supp. 2d 978 | 12 |
| 2008 | Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign v. Rey | 573 F. Supp. 2d 1316 | 12 |
| 2010 | SIERRA FOREST LEGACY v. Rey | 691 F. Supp. 2d 1204 | 11 |
| 2010 | In Defense of Animals v. United States Department of Interior | 737 F. Supp. 2d 1125 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 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 Morrison C. England Jr.?
- President George W. Bush appointed Morrison C. England Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 2002.
- Was Morrison C. England Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Morrison C. England Jr. was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Morrison C. England Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Morrison C. England Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on August 1, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Morrison C. England Jr. on?
- Morrison C. England Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).