Who appointed Percy Anderson?

President George W. Bush appointed Percy Anderson to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2002.

Was Percy Anderson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Percy Anderson's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Percy Anderson 99–0 on April 25, 2002.

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Percy Anderson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 99–0, Percy Anderson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 99–0
Education: University of California, Los Angeles 1970 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1975
Succeeded: Kim McLane Wardlaw

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Central District of California succeeded Kim McLane Wardlaw	G.W. Bush (R)	99–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 99–0 on April 25, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 85. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 99

50 D, 48 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 1

1 R

Jesse Helms(R-NC)

Education

University of California, Los Angeles	A.B.	1970
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Anderson was assigned 8,560 district-court cases (1984–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 98 days across 8,189 closed cases.

Other civil matters28%

Civil rights14%

Other federal statutes10%

Intellectual property9%

Contract9%

Prisoner & habeas7%

Other23%

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 439 of Anderson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 333 were affirmed, 75 reversed or vacated, and 31 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, Anderson authored 15 published opinions for the court (2005–2009). Most cited: Taylor v. Quall (10 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
2006	Taylor v. Quall	458 F. Supp. 2d 1065	10
2006	Culver v. Director of Corrections	450 F. Supp. 2d 1135	10
2007	Taylor v. Quall	471 F. Supp. 2d 1053	8
2008	Trafficschool. Com, Inc. v. Edriver, Inc.	633 F. Supp. 2d 1063	6
2009	Prasoprat v. Benov	622 F. Supp. 2d 980	4
2006	Fleming v. LeFevere	423 F. Supp. 2d 1064	3
2005	Baird v. Alameida	407 F. Supp. 2d 1134	2
2008	Dotson v. Scribner	619 F. Supp. 2d 866	1
2008	Bovarie v. Giurbino	558 F. Supp. 2d 1030	1
2007	Turan Petroleum, Inc. v. Lentin	482 F. Supp. 2d 1170	1
2006	Family Home & Finance Center, Inc. v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.	461 F. Supp. 2d 1188	1
2005	Bush v. Cheaptickets, Inc.	377 F. Supp. 2d 807	1
2005	Cohen v. Benov	374 F. Supp. 2d 850	1
2009	Hyde v. Hartford	643 F. Supp. 2d 1184	0
2007	Alvarado v. Bratton	484 F. Supp. 2d 1110	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 15 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 Percy Anderson?: President George W. Bush appointed Percy Anderson to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2002.
Was Percy Anderson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Percy Anderson was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Percy Anderson's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Percy Anderson 99–0 on April 25, 2002.
Which court is Percy Anderson on?: Percy Anderson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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