Napoleon A. Jones Jr.
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Napoleon A. Jones Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned a law degree from San Diego School of Law (now University of San Diego School of Law) in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1940–2009
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- San Diego State College 1962 · San Diego Law (now of San Diego School of Law) 1971
- Succeeded
- Earl Ben Gilliam
- Succeeded by
- Michael M. Anello
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Southern District of California succeeded Earl Ben Gilliam | Clinton (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
| San Diego State College | B.A. | 1962 |
| San Diego State College | M.S.W. | 1967 |
| San Diego School of Law (now University of San Diego School of Law) | J.D. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Jones was assigned 2,847 district-court cases (1985–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 2,847 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 41 of Jones’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 34 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Jones authored 38 published opinions for the court (1994–2009). Most cited: Mora v. Chem-Tronics, Inc. (150 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Mora v. Chem-Tronics, Inc. | 16 F. Supp. 2d 1192 | 150 |
| 2007 | In Re Immune Response Securities Litigation | 497 F. Supp. 2d 1166 | 53 |
| 1996 | Gen-Probe, Inc. v. Amoco Corp., Inc. | 926 F. Supp. 948 | 50 |
| 1998 | Ricotta v. State of California | 4 F. Supp. 2d 961 | 49 |
| 2005 | In Re Immune Response Securities Litigation | 375 F. Supp. 2d 983 | 43 |
| 1996 | Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. v. Penguin Books USA, Inc. | 924 F. Supp. 1559 | 28 |
| 2000 | Kahin v. United States | 101 F. Supp. 2d 1299 | 27 |
| 2006 | Wilkins v. Ramirez | 455 F. Supp. 2d 1080 | 22 |
| 1995 | Gallo v. Board of Regents of the University of California | 916 F. Supp. 1005 | 16 |
| 1994 | Empl. Ins. of Wausau v. Musick, Peeler & Garrett | 871 F. Supp. 381 | 15 |
| 2007 | Hendon v. Ramsey | 478 F. Supp. 2d 1214 | 12 |
| 2003 | Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America | 275 F. Supp. 2d 1259 | 11 |
| 2000 | Ilaian v. United States Department of Agriculture, Food & Nutrition Service | 87 F. Supp. 2d 1047 | 9 |
| 1996 | Golenia v. Bob Baker Toyota | 915 F. Supp. 201 | 9 |
| 2003 | Arellano v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. | 245 F. Supp. 2d 1102 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 38 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 Napoleon A. Jones Jr.?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Napoleon A. Jones Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1994.
- Was Napoleon A. Jones Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Napoleon A. Jones Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Napoleon A. Jones Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Napoleon A. Jones Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Napoleon A. Jones Jr. on?
- Napoleon A. Jones Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).