Who appointed Raymond Alvin Jackson?

President William J. Clinton appointed Raymond Alvin Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1993.

Was Raymond Alvin Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Raymond Alvin Jackson 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 Alvin Jackson's confirmation vote?

Raymond Alvin Jackson was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1993. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Virginia / Appointed 1993 / Senior status since 2021

Raymond Alvin Jackson

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1993 and confirmed by voice vote, Raymond Alvin Jackson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1993
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Norfolk State 1970 · University of Virginia Law 1973
Succeeded: Richard Leroy Williams
Succeeded by: Jamar Kentrell Walker

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1993	Eastern District of Virginia succeeded Richard Leroy Williams	Clinton (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Norfolk State University	B.A.	1970
University of Virginia School of Law	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jackson was assigned 4,524 district-court cases (1992–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 160 days across 4,337 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas37%

Civil rights12%

Contract11%

Other civil matters10%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other federal statutes5%

Other17%

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 734 of Jackson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 621 were affirmed, 72 reversed or vacated, and 41 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, Jackson authored 116 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Scott v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc. (49 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
2003	Scott v. Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Inc.	326 F. Supp. 2d 709	49
1998	Virginia Metronet, Inc. v. BD. OF SUPERVISORS OF JAMES CITY CTY., VIRGINIA	984 F. Supp. 966	48
2006	Enkhbayar Choimbol v. Fairfield Resorts, Inc.	475 F. Supp. 2d 557	43
2001	Acterna, L.L.C. v. Adtech, Inc.	129 F. Supp. 2d 936	41
2002	Intranexus, Inc. v. Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corp.	227 F. Supp. 2d 581	38
2005	Smith v. Husband	376 F. Supp. 2d 603	36
1997	At&T Wireless PCs, Inc. v. City Council of City of Virginia Beach	979 F. Supp. 416	27
1995	Levine v. McLeskey	881 F. Supp. 1030	24
2001	JTH Tax, Inc. v. H & R Block Eastern Tax Services, Inc.	128 F. Supp. 2d 926	19
1994	United States v. Male Juvenile	844 F. Supp. 280	15
2000	Energy Recovery, Inc. v. Hauge	133 F. Supp. 2d 814	14
1996	Shoemaker v. Metro Information Services	910 F. Supp. 259	14
2006	Choimbol v. Fairfield Resorts, Inc.	428 F. Supp. 2d 437	13
2001	Foothill Capital Corp. v. East Coast Building Supply Corp.	259 B.R. 840	13
2000	North Jefferson Square Associates, L.P. v. Virginia Housing Development Authority	94 F. Supp. 2d 709	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 116 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 Alvin Jackson?: President William J. Clinton appointed Raymond Alvin Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1993.
Was Raymond Alvin Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Raymond Alvin Jackson 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 Alvin Jackson's confirmation vote?: Raymond Alvin Jackson was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1993. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Raymond Alvin Jackson on?: Raymond Alvin Jackson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Sources

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