Who appointed Paul G. Cassell?

President George W. Bush appointed Paul G. Cassell to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 2002.

Was Paul G. Cassell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Paul G. Cassell was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Paul G. Cassell's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Paul G. Cassell 67–20 on May 13, 2002.

District of Utah / Appointed 2002 / Served to 2007

Paul G. Cassell

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 67–20, Paul G. Cassell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1984. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1959 · age 67
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 67–20
Education: Stanford 1979 · Stanford Law School 1984
Succeeded: David Sam
Succeeded by: Clark Waddoups

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	District of Utah succeeded David Sam	G.W. Bush (R)	67–20

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 67–20 on May 13, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 108. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 67

20 D, 47 R

Voted against · 20

20 D

Did not vote · 13

10 D, 2 R, 1 I

Education

Stanford University	B.A.	1979
Stanford Law School	J.D.	1984

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Cassell was assigned 1,132 district-court cases (1995–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 1,132 closed cases.

Civil rights18%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Contract14%

Personal-injury torts12%

Intellectual property10%

Other federal statutes9%

Other24%

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 41 of Cassell’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 37 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated. 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, Cassell authored 72 published opinions for the court (2002–2007). Most cited: United States v. Wilson (42 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
2005	United States v. Wilson	350 F. Supp. 2d 910	42
2004	United States v. Angelos	345 F. Supp. 2d 1227	35
2006	Morris v. Khadr	415 F. Supp. 2d 1323	33
2004	United States v. Croxford	324 F. Supp. 2d 1230	32
2004	United States v. Bedonie	317 F. Supp. 2d 1285	18
2005	Brumbelow v. Law Offices of Bennett & Deloney, P.C.	372 F. Supp. 2d 615	17
2004	United States v. Croxford	324 F. Supp. 2d 1255	16
2005	United States v. Perez-Chavez	422 F. Supp. 2d 1255	15
2007	United States v. Gill	520 F. Supp. 2d 1341	12
2005	United States v. Wilson	355 F. Supp. 2d 1269	12
2007	Trugreen Companies, LLC v. Scotts Lawn Service	508 F. Supp. 2d 937	11
2003	System Designs, Inc. v. New Customware Co., Inc.	248 F. Supp. 2d 1093	11
2005	Owen v. Regence Bluecross Blueshield of Utah	388 F. Supp. 2d 1318	10
2004	United States v. Visinaiz	344 F. Supp. 2d 1310	10
2004	Panaderia La Diana, Inc. v. Salt Lake City Corp.	342 F. Supp. 2d 1013	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 72 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 Paul G. Cassell?: President George W. Bush appointed Paul G. Cassell to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 2002.
Was Paul G. Cassell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Paul G. Cassell was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Paul G. Cassell's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Paul G. Cassell 67–20 on May 13, 2002.
Which court was Paul G. Cassell on?: Paul G. Cassell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Sources

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