Who appointed Myron Herbert Thompson?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Myron Herbert Thompson to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 1980.

Was Myron Herbert Thompson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Myron Herbert Thompson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Myron Herbert Thompson's confirmation vote?

Myron Herbert Thompson was confirmed by voice vote on September 26, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Alabama / Appointed 1980 / Senior status since 2013

Myron Herbert Thompson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Myron Herbert Thompson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1980
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Yale 1969 · Yale Law School 1972
Succeeded: Frank Minis Johnson Jr.
Succeeded by: Emily Coody Marks

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1980	Middle District of Alabama succeeded Frank Minis Johnson Jr.	Carter (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

Yale University	B.A.	1969
Yale Law School	J.D.	1972

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Thompson was assigned 7,605 district-court cases (1968–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 177 days across 7,232 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas31%

Civil rights16%

Other civil matters13%

Contract11%

Personal-injury torts9%

Criminal5%

Other15%

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 204 of Thompson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 175 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Thompson authored 717 published opinions for the court (1981–2011). Most cited: Kimber v. Federal Financial Corp. (104 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
1987	Kimber v. Federal Financial Corp.	668 F. Supp. 1480	104
1997	Boyd v. Homes of Legend, Inc.	981 F. Supp. 1423	74
1988	Dillard v. Baldwin County Board of Education	686 F. Supp. 1459	71
1997	Wilson v. Waverlee Homes, Inc.	954 F. Supp. 1530	66
2004	DirecTV, Inc. v. Huynh	318 F. Supp. 2d 1122	58
1986	Dillard v. Crenshaw County	640 F. Supp. 1347	54
1994	Saville v. Houston County Healthcare Authority	852 F. Supp. 1512	50
2003	Stalnaker v. Novar Corp.	293 F. Supp. 2d 1260	45
1991	Sims v. Montgomery County Commission	766 F. Supp. 1052	44
1994	Howell v. Michelin Tire Corp.	860 F. Supp. 1488	39
1994	Smith v. Capitol City Club of Montgomery	850 F. Supp. 976	33
2004	Davis v. Charoen Pokphand (USA), Inc.	303 F. Supp. 2d 1272	32
1997	Roberson v. Money Tree of Alabama, Inc.	954 F. Supp. 1519	32
1992	Green v. Montgomery County, Ala.	784 F. Supp. 841	31
1984	Harris v. Graddick	593 F. Supp. 128	29

Showing the 15 most-cited of 717 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 Myron Herbert Thompson?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Myron Herbert Thompson to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 1980.
Was Myron Herbert Thompson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Myron Herbert Thompson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Myron Herbert Thompson's confirmation vote?: Myron Herbert Thompson was confirmed by voice vote on September 26, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Myron Herbert Thompson on?: Myron Herbert Thompson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Sources

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