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District of Wyoming / Appointed 2010 / Senior status since 2022
Portrait of Nancy Dell Freudenthal

Nancy Dell Freudenthal

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 96–1, Nancy Dell Freudenthal is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. She earned a law degree from University of Wyoming College of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1954 · age 72
Appointed by
Barack Obama, 2010
Confirmed
96–1
Education
University of Wyoming 1976 · University of Wyoming College of Law 1980
Succeeded
Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.
Succeeded by
Kelly Harrison Rankin

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2010District of Wyoming
succeeded Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.
Obama (D)96–1

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 96–1 on May 5, 2010 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 129. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 96

55 D, 39 R, 2 I

Voted against · 1

1 R

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Education

University of WyomingB.A.1976
University of Wyoming College of LawJ.D.1980

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Freudenthal was assigned 1,122 district-court cases (1986–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 244 days across 1,121 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts24%
Prisoner & habeas17%
Contract17%
Civil rights11%
Other civil matters10%
Other federal statutes7%
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 160 of Freudenthal’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 142 were affirmed, 8 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Freudenthal authored 3 published opinions for the court (2010–2011). Most cited: Wyoming State Snowmobile Ass'n v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (3 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
2010Wyoming State Snowmobile Ass'n v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service741 F. Supp. 2d 12453
2011Versteeg v. Bennett, Deloney & Noyes, P.C.775 F. Supp. 2d 13162
2010Goertz v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America746 F. Supp. 2d 12120

Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 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 Nancy Dell Freudenthal?
President Barack Obama appointed Nancy Dell Freudenthal to the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming in 2010.
Was Nancy Dell Freudenthal appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Nancy Dell Freudenthal was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Nancy Dell Freudenthal's confirmation vote?
The Senate confirmed Nancy Dell Freudenthal 96–1 on May 5, 2010.
Which court is Nancy Dell Freudenthal on?
Nancy Dell Freudenthal is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

Sources

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