Who appointed Reggie B. Walton?

President George W. Bush appointed Reggie B. Walton to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2001.

Was Reggie B. Walton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Reggie B. Walton's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Reggie B. Walton 97–0 on September 21, 2001.

District of Columbia / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2015

Reggie B. Walton

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, Reggie B. Walton is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from American University, Washington College of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1949 · age 77
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: West Virginia State College 1971 · American, Washington College of Law 1974
Succeeded: Stanley Sporkin
Succeeded by: Dabney Langhorne Friedrich

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	District of Columbia succeeded Stanley Sporkin	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on September 21, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 283. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

50 D, 46 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 3

3 R

Education

West Virginia State College	B.A.	1971
American University, Washington College of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Walton was assigned 2,889 district-court cases (1979–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 286 days across 2,340 closed cases.

Other federal statutes27%

Civil rights16%

Other civil matters10%

Criminal10%

Personal-injury torts8%

Prisoner & habeas7%

Other23%

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 292 of Walton’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 226 were affirmed, 45 reversed or vacated, and 21 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, Walton authored 1,391 published opinions for the court (2002–2026). Most cited: Gustave-Schmidt v. Chao (463 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
2002	Gustave-Schmidt v. Chao	226 F. Supp. 2d 191	463
2003	Hopkins v. Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries	284 F. Supp. 2d 15	393
2002	Shekoyan v. Sibley International Corp.	217 F. Supp. 2d 59	271
2003	Buggs v. Powell	293 F. Supp. 2d 135	185
2002	Hopkins v. Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries	238 F. Supp. 2d 174	179
2004	Wilderness Society v. United States Department of the Interior	344 F. Supp. 2d 1	164
2011	Schmidt v. United States Capitol Police Board	826 F. Supp. 2d 59	127
2006	Lemmons v. Georgetown University Hospital	431 F. Supp. 2d 76	120
2010	Morrow v. United States	723 F. Supp. 2d 71	103
2009	United States v. Sunia	643 F. Supp. 2d 51	101
2006	Lindsey v. United States	448 F. Supp. 2d 37	100
2003	United States Ex Rel. Rockefeller v. Westinghouse Electric Co.	274 F. Supp. 2d 10	85
2005	Alliance for Democracy v. Federal Election Commission	362 F. Supp. 2d 138	82
2003	Maydak v. U.S. Department of Justice	254 F. Supp. 2d 23	79
2003	Al-Owhali v. Ashcroft	279 F. Supp. 2d 13	76

Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,391 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 Reggie B. Walton?: President George W. Bush appointed Reggie B. Walton to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2001.
Was Reggie B. Walton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Reggie B. Walton was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Reggie B. Walton's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Reggie B. Walton 97–0 on September 21, 2001.
Which court is Reggie B. Walton on?: Reggie B. Walton is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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