Who appointed Patricia A. Seitz?

President William J. Clinton appointed Patricia A. Seitz to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1998.

Was Patricia A. Seitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Patricia A. Seitz was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Patricia A. Seitz's confirmation vote?

Patricia A. Seitz was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 1998 / Senior status since 2012

Patricia A. Seitz

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, Patricia A. Seitz is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Kansas State 1968 · Georgetown Law Center 1973
Succeeded: Stanley Marcus
Succeeded by: Darrin Phillip Gayles

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Southern District of Florida succeeded Stanley Marcus	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

Kansas State University	B.A.	1968
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Seitz was assigned 5,419 district-court cases (1975–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 175 days across 5,412 closed cases.

Contract21%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Civil rights15%

Labor & ERISA12%

Personal-injury torts11%

Other federal statutes10%

Other14%

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 287 of Seitz’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 242 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 25 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, Seitz authored 81 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: LaRoche v. Denny's, Inc. (130 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
1999	LaRoche v. Denny's, Inc.	62 F. Supp. 2d 1366	130
2002	Rosner v. United States	231 F. Supp. 2d 1202	29
2005	State of Fla., Office of Atty. v. Tenet Healthcare	420 F. Supp. 2d 1288	28
2006	League of Women Voters of Florida v. Cobb	447 F. Supp. 2d 1314	23
2011	Silver v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.	760 F. Supp. 2d 1330	18
2007	Bernal v. All American Investment Realty, Inc.	479 F. Supp. 2d 1291	16
2005	Behrman v. Allstate Life Insurance	388 F. Supp. 2d 1346	15
2005	In Re Terazosin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation	352 F. Supp. 2d 1279	15
2001	Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp. v. Padgett	268 B.R. 309	14
2008	Silva v. Miller	547 F. Supp. 2d 1299	13
2002	Access Now, Inc. v. Southwest Airlines, Co.	227 F. Supp. 2d 1312	13
2000	In Re Terazosin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation	164 F. Supp. 2d 1340	13
2009	Coconut Key Homeowners Ass'n v. Lexington Insurance	649 F. Supp. 2d 1363	12
2008	Stockwire Research Group, Inc. v. Lebed	577 F. Supp. 2d 1262	12
2006	Clarendon America Insurance v. Miami River Club, Inc.	417 F. Supp. 2d 1309	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 81 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 A. Seitz?: President William J. Clinton appointed Patricia A. Seitz to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1998.
Was Patricia A. Seitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Patricia A. Seitz was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Patricia A. Seitz's confirmation vote?: Patricia A. Seitz was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Patricia A. Seitz on?: Patricia A. Seitz is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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