Who appointed R. David Proctor?

President George W. Bush appointed R. David Proctor to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 2003.

Was R. David Proctor appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was R. David Proctor's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed R. David Proctor 92–0 on September 17, 2003.

Northern District of Alabama / Appointed 2003 / Served to 2026

R. David Proctor

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 92–0, R. David Proctor was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He earned a law degree from University of Tennessee College of Law in 1986. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1960 · age 66
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 92–0
Education: Carson-Newman College 1983 · University of Tennessee College of Law 1986

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Northern District of Alabama	G.W. Bush (R)	92–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 92–0 on September 17, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 352. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 92

42 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 8

6 D, 2 R

Education

Carson-Newman College	B.A.	1983
University of Tennessee College of Law	J.D.	1986

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Proctor was assigned 31,635 district-court cases (1966–2026), including large consolidated multidistrict litigation. Median time from filing to termination: 1,050 days across 31,317 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts88%

Other civil matters3%

Civil rights2%

Prisoner & habeas2%

Contract1%

Other federal statutes1%

Other2%

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 236 of Proctor’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 188 were affirmed, 33 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Proctor authored 15 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Davis v. Equifax Information Services LLC (11 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
2004	Davis v. Equifax Information Services LLC	346 F. Supp. 2d 1164	11
2006	Tucker v. Housing Authority of the Birmingham District	507 F. Supp. 2d 1240	9
2011	Gulf States Reorganization Group, Inc. v. Nucor Corp.	822 F. Supp. 2d 1201	6
2011	Pyun v. Paul Revere Life Insurance	768 F. Supp. 2d 1157	6
2006	Saxton v. Title Max of Alabama, Inc.	431 F. Supp. 2d 1185	6
2007	Henry v. Jefferson County Personnel Board	519 F. Supp. 2d 1171	5
2007	Browning Enterprise v. Rex Iron & MacHine Products Co., Inc.	504 F. Supp. 2d 1217	3
2004	Millcraft-SMS Services, LLC v. United Steel Workers	346 F. Supp. 2d 1176	3
2007	Saxton v. Young	479 F. Supp. 2d 1243	2
2005	Cook v. Sunbeam Products, Inc.	365 F. Supp. 2d 1189	2
2005	House v. Life Insurance Co. of North America	399 F. Supp. 2d 1254	1
2005	Families Concerned About Nerve Gas Incineration v. United States Department of Army	380 F. Supp. 2d 1233	1
2006	Gibbs v. BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.	459 F. Supp. 2d 1133	0
2006	Davis v. NPC Pizza Hut	447 F. Supp. 2d 1260	0
2005	GRACE EX REL. GRACE v. Palm Harbor Homes, Inc.	401 F. Supp. 2d 1230	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 R. David Proctor?: President George W. Bush appointed R. David Proctor to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 2003.
Was R. David Proctor appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: R. David Proctor was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was R. David Proctor's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed R. David Proctor 92–0 on September 17, 2003.
Which court was R. David Proctor on?: R. David Proctor was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Sources

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