Who appointed Reena Raggi?

President George W. Bush appointed Reena Raggi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2002.

Was Reena Raggi appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Reena Raggi's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Reena Raggi 85–0 on September 20, 2002.

Second Circuit / Appointed 2002 / Senior status since 2018

Reena Raggi

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 85–0, Reena Raggi is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1976. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 85–0
Education: Wellesley College 1973 · Harvard Law School 1976
Succeeded: Amalya Lyle Kearse
Succeeded by: Joseph Frank Bianco

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	Eastern District of New York succeeded Frank X. Altimari	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
2002	Second Circuit succeeded Amalya Lyle Kearse	G.W. Bush (R)	85–0

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

Nomination Confirmed 85–0 on September 20, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 219. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 85

44 D, 40 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 15

6 D, 9 R

Education

Wellesley College	B.A.	1973
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Raggi was assigned 4,522 district-court cases (1978–2006). Median time from filing to termination: 202 days across 4,522 closed cases.

Contract23%

Prisoner & habeas19%

Personal-injury torts16%

Civil rights10%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other federal statutes7%

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.

In our data, Raggi authored 47 published opinions for the court (1987–2009). Most cited: Gonzalez v. Rutherford Corp. (58 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
1995	Gonzalez v. Rutherford Corp.	881 F. Supp. 829	58
1992	United States v. Pitera	795 F. Supp. 546	42
1988	Cappiello v. Hoke	698 F. Supp. 1042	33
2000	Sullivan v. Messer Ex Rel. Estate of Corcoran (In Re Corcoran)	246 B.R. 152	27
1990	In Re Candelaria	121 B.R. 140	26
1988	United States v. Main Street Distributing Inc.	700 F. Supp. 655	19
1990	F & L Plumbing & Heating Co. v. N.Y. University (In Re F & L Plumbing & Heating Co.)	114 B.R. 370	18
1995	Pitter v. Prudential Life Ins. Co. of America	906 F. Supp. 130	17
1988	Lazzaro v. Manber	701 F. Supp. 353	15
2009	United States v. Fell	571 F.3d 264	14
1998	In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated January 20, 1998	995 F. Supp. 332	14
1993	Evelyn v. v. Kings County Hospital Center	819 F. Supp. 183	13
1990	Winston Inn & Restaurant Corp. v. DeMichiel (In Re Winston Inn & Restaurant Corp.)	120 B.R. 631	13
1993	Setlech v. United States	816 F. Supp. 161	11
2000	Webb v. Goldstein	117 F. Supp. 2d 289	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 47 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 Reena Raggi?: President George W. Bush appointed Reena Raggi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2002.
Was Reena Raggi appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Reena Raggi was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Reena Raggi's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Reena Raggi 85–0 on September 20, 2002.
Which court is Reena Raggi on?: Reena Raggi is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sources

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