Who appointed Patricia C. Fawsett?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Patricia C. Fawsett to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1986.

Was Patricia C. Fawsett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Patricia C. Fawsett was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Patricia C. Fawsett's confirmation vote?

Patricia C. Fawsett was confirmed by voice vote on June 6, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of Florida / Appointed 1986 / Senior status since 2008

Patricia C. Fawsett

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, Patricia C. Fawsett is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1943 · age 83
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1986
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Florida 1965 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1973
Succeeded: John Alton Reed Jr.
Succeeded by: Mary Stenson Scriven

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1986	Middle District of Florida succeeded John Alton Reed Jr.	Reagan (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

University of Florida	B.A.	1965
University of Florida	M.A.T.	1966
University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Fawsett was assigned 6,408 district-court cases (1980–2013). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 6,408 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas30%

Civil rights17%

Contract15%

Personal-injury torts8%

Labor & ERISA8%

Other federal statutes6%

Other16%

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 150 of Fawsett’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 134 were affirmed, 11 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Fawsett authored 80 published opinions for the court (1986–2011). Most cited: Furmanite America, Inc. v. T.D. Williamson, Inc. (53 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
2007	Furmanite America, Inc. v. T.D. Williamson, Inc.	506 F. Supp. 2d 1126	53
2007	Furmanite America, Inc. v. T.D. Williamson, Inc.	506 F. Supp. 2d 1134	42
2009	Siever v. BWGaskets, Inc.	669 F. Supp. 2d 1286	33
1990	Neva, Inc. v. Christian Duplications International, Inc.	743 F. Supp. 1533	30
2008	Action Nissan, Inc. v. Hyundai Motor America	617 F. Supp. 2d 1177	24
2007	United States v. Mason	510 F. Supp. 2d 923	24
2009	Hogan v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance	665 F. Supp. 2d 1273	22
2007	Bray & Gillespie Management LLC v. Lexington Insurance	527 F. Supp. 2d 1355	22
2009	North American Clearing, Inc. v. Brokerage Computer System, Inc.	666 F. Supp. 2d 1299	17
1988	Clayton v. Howard Johnson Franchise Systems, Inc.	730 F. Supp. 1553	16
2005	Singh v. Green Thumb Landscaping, Inc.	390 F. Supp. 2d 1129	15
1988	Southeast Bank, N.A. v. Hunter (In Re Hunter)	83 B.R. 803	13
2011	Enpat, Inc. v. Budnic	773 F. Supp. 2d 1311	12
2008	US Ex Rel. Chabot v. MLU Services, Inc.	544 F. Supp. 2d 1326	12
1997	OPM - USA - Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners	7 F. Supp. 2d 1316	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 80 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 Patricia C. Fawsett?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Patricia C. Fawsett to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1986.
Was Patricia C. Fawsett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Patricia C. Fawsett was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Patricia C. Fawsett's confirmation vote?: Patricia C. Fawsett was confirmed by voice vote on June 6, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Patricia C. Fawsett on?: Patricia C. Fawsett is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Sources

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