Patrick Joseph Schiltz
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by voice vote, Patrick Joseph Schiltz is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1985. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1960 · age 66
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2006
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- College of St. Scholastica 1981 · Harvard Law School 1985
- Succeeded
- Richard House Kyle
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | District of Minnesota succeeded Richard House Kyle | 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
| College of St. Scholastica | B.A. | 1981 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1985 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Schiltz was assigned 5,316 district-court cases (2002–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 123 days across 4,743 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 365 of Schiltz’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 337 were affirmed, 21 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Schiltz authored 77 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Riley v. Cordis Corp. (111 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Riley v. Cordis Corp. | 625 F. Supp. 2d 769 | 111 |
| 2010 | Wells Fargo & Co. v. United States | 750 F. Supp. 2d 1049 | 63 |
| 2010 | Edeh v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. | 748 F. Supp. 2d 1030 | 60 |
| 2007 | Nerland v. Caribou Coffee Co., Inc. | 564 F. Supp. 2d 1010 | 41 |
| 2008 | Pope v. Elabo GmbH | 588 F. Supp. 2d 1008 | 38 |
| 2009 | Saleen v. Waste Management, Inc. | 649 F. Supp. 2d 937 | 34 |
| 2006 | Hammann v. 1-800 Ideas. Com, Inc. | 455 F. Supp. 2d 942 | 32 |
| 2008 | Northbrook Digital, LLC v. Vendio Services, Inc. | 625 F. Supp. 2d 728 | 29 |
| 2010 | Najbar v. United States | 723 F. Supp. 2d 1132 | 28 |
| 2010 | Lawrence v. City of St. Paul | 740 F. Supp. 2d 1026 | 23 |
| 2010 | DeVary v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. | 701 F. Supp. 2d 1096 | 21 |
| 2007 | Kassa v. Kerry, Inc. | 487 F. Supp. 2d 1063 | 20 |
| 2007 | Torspo Hockey International, Inc. v. Kor Hockey Ltd. | 491 F. Supp. 2d 871 | 19 |
| 2009 | Hough v. Shakopee Public Schools | 608 F. Supp. 2d 1087 | 15 |
| 2008 | Parler v. KFC Corp. | 529 F. Supp. 2d 1009 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 77 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 Patrick Joseph Schiltz?
- President George W. Bush appointed Patrick Joseph Schiltz to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 2006.
- Was Patrick Joseph Schiltz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Patrick Joseph Schiltz was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Patrick Joseph Schiltz's confirmation vote?
- Patrick Joseph Schiltz was confirmed by voice vote on April 26, 2006. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Patrick Joseph Schiltz on?
- Patrick Joseph Schiltz is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: USdistrictcourt (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).