Who appointed Pamela Ann Rymer?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Pamela Ann Rymer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1989.

Was Pamela Ann Rymer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Pamela Ann Rymer was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Pamela Ann Rymer's confirmation vote?

Pamela Ann Rymer was confirmed by voice vote on May 18, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1989 / Served to 2011

Pamela Ann Rymer

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by voice vote, Pamela Ann Rymer was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1964. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1941–2011
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1989
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Vassar College 1961 · Stanford Law School 1964
Succeeded: Anthony McLeod Kennedy
Succeeded by: Paul Jeffrey Watford

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1983	Central District of California succeeded William Percival Gray	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1989	Ninth Circuit succeeded Anthony McLeod Kennedy	G.H.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

Vassar College	A.B.	1961
Stanford Law School	LL.B.	1964

Judicial Record

In our data, Rymer authored 50 published opinions for the court (1984–2011). Most cited: Boschetto v. Hansing (712 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2008	Boschetto v. Hansing	539 F.3d 1011	712
2009	McCown v. City of Fontana	565 F.3d 1097	229
2009	Winterrowd v. American General Annuity Insurance	556 F.3d 815	110
2010	Narouz v. Charter Communications, LLC	591 F.3d 1261	81
1985	Allington v. Carpenter	619 F. Supp. 474	68
1986	Medallion TV Enterprises, Inc. v. SelecTV of California, Inc.	627 F. Supp. 1290	58
2009	Vaughn v. Bay Environmental Management, Inc.	567 F.3d 1021	56
2007	Cornejo v. County of San Diego	504 F.3d 853	55
1989	Gumport v. China International Trust & Investment Corp. (In Re Intermagnetics America, Inc.)	101 B.R. 191	54
2010	Mendoza v. Holder	623 F.3d 1299	45
2008	United States v. Gonzalez	528 F.3d 1207	41
2011	Watkins v. US BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER	643 F.3d 1189	35
2010	Goldberg v. Pacific Indemnity Co.	627 F.3d 752	33
2010	Rezner v. Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG	630 F.3d 866	30
1985	Handel v. Artukovic	601 F. Supp. 1421	25

Showing the 15 most-cited of 50 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 Pamela Ann Rymer?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Pamela Ann Rymer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1989.
Was Pamela Ann Rymer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Pamela Ann Rymer was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Pamela Ann Rymer's confirmation vote?: Pamela Ann Rymer was confirmed by voice vote on May 18, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Pamela Ann Rymer on?: Pamela Ann Rymer was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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