Otis D. Wright II
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by voice vote, Otis D. Wright II is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1944 · age 82
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2007
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- California State, Los Angeles 1976 · Southwestern Law 1980
- Succeeded
- Gary L. Taylor
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Central District of California succeeded Gary L. Taylor | 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, Wright was assigned 7,054 district-court cases (1991–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 144 days across 6,504 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 377 of Wright’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 265 were affirmed, 75 reversed or vacated, and 37 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, Wright authored 14 published opinions for the court (2007–2011). Most cited: Credit One Corp. v. Credit One Financial, Inc. (14 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Credit One Corp. v. Credit One Financial, Inc. | 661 F. Supp. 2d 1134 | 14 |
| 2010 | ENG v. County of Los Angeles | 737 F. Supp. 2d 1078 | 8 |
| 2008 | Samica Enterprises, LLC v. Mail Boxes Etc. USA, Inc. | 637 F. Supp. 2d 712 | 7 |
| 2007 | Lahiri v. Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc. | 513 F. Supp. 2d 1172 | 5 |
| 2009 | Oliva v. Hedgpeth | 600 F. Supp. 2d 1067 | 4 |
| 2007 | Tokyo Keiso Co., Ltd. v. SMC Corp. | 533 F. Supp. 2d 1047 | 4 |
| 2008 | Rojas v. Brinderson Constructors Inc. | 567 F. Supp. 2d 1205 | 3 |
| 2011 | PROMEX, LLC v. Hernandez | 781 F. Supp. 2d 1013 | 2 |
| 2008 | Federal Insurance Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad | 590 F. Supp. 2d 1292 | 2 |
| 2010 | Haugen v. Marshall | 740 F. Supp. 2d 1150 | 1 |
| 2009 | Moody v. Dexter | 667 F. Supp. 2d 1167 | 0 |
| 2009 | Studebaker v. Uribe | 658 F. Supp. 2d 1102 | 0 |
| 2008 | Benson v. Continental Casualty Co. | 592 F. Supp. 2d 1274 | 0 |
| 2007 | Lewis Operating Corp. v. United States | 533 F. Supp. 2d 1041 | 0 |
Showing the 14 most-cited of 14 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 Otis D. Wright II?
- President George W. Bush appointed Otis D. Wright II to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2007.
- Was Otis D. Wright II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Otis D. Wright II was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Otis D. Wright II's confirmation vote?
- Otis D. Wright II was confirmed by voice vote on March 15, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Otis D. Wright II on?
- Otis D. Wright II is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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19 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).