Who appointed Raymond C. Fisher?

President William J. Clinton appointed Raymond C. Fisher to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1999.

Was Raymond C. Fisher appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Raymond C. Fisher was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Raymond C. Fisher's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Raymond C. Fisher 69–29 on October 5, 1999.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1999 / Served to 2020

Raymond C. Fisher

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by the Senate 69–29, Raymond C. Fisher was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1966. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1939–2020
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: 69–29
Education: University of California, Santa Barbara 1961 · Stanford Law School 1966
Succeeded: David R. Thompson
Succeeded by: Michelle Taryn Friedland

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1999	Ninth Circuit succeeded David R. Thompson	Clinton (D)	69–29

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 69–29 on October 5, 1999 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 309. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 69

44 D, 25 R

Voted against · 29

29 R

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 R

Max Baucus(D-MT)
Connie Mack(R-FL)

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara	B.A.	1961
Stanford Law School	LL.B.	1966

Judicial Record

In our data, Fisher authored 15 published opinions for the court (2009–2012). Most cited: Douglas v. Noelle (382 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2009	Douglas v. Noelle	567 F.3d 1103	382
2011	Dawson v. Entek International	630 F.3d 928	238
2011	Ayala v. Holder	640 F.3d 1095	237
2009	Rowe v. Educational Credit Management Corp.	559 F.3d 1028	175
2009	Kamm v. ITEX CORP.	568 F.3d 752	67
2011	Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown	640 F.3d 1063	57
2009	Christensen v. Stevedoring Services of America	557 F.3d 1049	51
2009	Van Skike v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs	557 F.3d 1041	51
2011	United States v. Buckles	647 F.3d 883	47
2012	Washington State Republican Party v. Washington State Grange	676 F.3d 784	39
2012	United States v. Onyesoh	674 F.3d 1157	21
2010	Northwest Environmental Defense Center v. Brown	617 F.3d 1176	15
2011	United States v. Gonzalez-Diaz	630 F.3d 1239	12
2009	Dyer v. Cenex Harvest States Cooperative	563 F.3d 1044	8
2009	Christensen v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs	576 F.3d 976	2

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 Raymond C. Fisher?: President William J. Clinton appointed Raymond C. Fisher to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1999.
Was Raymond C. Fisher appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Raymond C. Fisher was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Raymond C. Fisher's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Raymond C. Fisher 69–29 on October 5, 1999.
Which court was Raymond C. Fisher on?: Raymond C. Fisher was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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