Who appointed Randolph Daniel Moss?

President Barack Obama appointed Randolph Daniel Moss to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.

Was Randolph Daniel Moss appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Randolph Daniel Moss was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Randolph Daniel Moss's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Randolph Daniel Moss 54–45 on November 13, 2014.

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Randolph Daniel Moss

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate 54–45, Randolph Daniel Moss is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1986. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1961 · age 65
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2014
Confirmed: 54–45
Education: Hamilton College 1983 · Yale Law School 1986
Succeeded: Robert Leon Wilkins

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	District of Columbia succeeded Robert Leon Wilkins	Obama (D)	54–45

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 54–45 on November 13, 2014 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 273. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 54

51 D, 1 R, 2 I

Voted against · 45

1 D, 44 R

Did not vote · 1

1 D

Jay Rockefeller(D-WV)

Education

Hamilton College	A.B.	1983
Yale Law School	J.D.	1986

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

Law clerk, Hon. Pierre N. Leval, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York	1986-1987
Law clerk, Hon. John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States	1988-1989
Private practice, Washington, D.C.	1989-1996, 2001-2014
Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-2001; special counsel to the attorney general, 1996; deputy assistant attorney general, 1996-1998; acting assistant attorney general, 1998-2000; assistant attorney general	2000-2001

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Moss was assigned 1,899 district-court cases (2000–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 1,314 closed cases.

Other federal statutes26%

Other civil matters25%

Criminal15%

Civil rights9%

Contract5%

Personal-injury torts4%

Other15%

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 104 of Moss’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 79 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Moss authored 848 published opinions for the court (2015–2026). Most cited: Shapiro v. United States Department of Justice (78 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
2017	Shapiro v. United States Department of Justice	239 F. Supp. 3d 100	78
2016	Shapiro v. U.S. Department of Justice	153 F. Supp. 3d 253	54
2017	Abulhawa v. United States Department of the Treasury	239 F. Supp. 3d 24	50
2015	Sai v. Department of Homeland Security	149 F. Supp. 3d 99	48
2015	Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc. v. Sebelius	139 F. Supp. 3d 240	46
2015	Achagzai v. Broadcasting Board of Governors	109 F. Supp. 3d 67	36
2016	Brown v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	164 F. Supp. 3d 33	35
2017	Triple Up Limited v. Youku Tudou Inc.	235 F. Supp. 3d 15	34
2017	Lamb v. Millennium Challenge Corporation	228 F. Supp. 3d 28	26
2015	Sai v. Department of Homeland Security	99 F. Supp. 3d 50	26
2017	Hedgeye Risk Management, LLC v. Heldman	271 F. Supp. 3d 181	23
2016	Edelman v. Securities and Exchange Commission	172 F. Supp. 3d 133	22
2016	Tracy v. U.S. Department of Justice	191 F. Supp. 3d 83	21
2017	McManus v. Johnson	246 F. Supp. 3d 103	20
2016	Thomas v. District of Columbia	227 F. Supp. 3d 88	20

Showing the 15 most-cited of 848 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 Randolph Daniel Moss?: President Barack Obama appointed Randolph Daniel Moss to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.
Was Randolph Daniel Moss appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Randolph Daniel Moss was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Randolph Daniel Moss's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Randolph Daniel Moss 54–45 on November 13, 2014.
Which court is Randolph Daniel Moss on?: Randolph Daniel Moss is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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11 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).