Who appointed Ricardo S. Martinez?

President George W. Bush appointed Ricardo S. Martinez to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2004.

Was Ricardo S. Martinez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Ricardo S. Martinez's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Ricardo S. Martinez 98–0 on June 15, 2004.

Western District of Washington / Appointed 2004 / Senior status since 2022

Ricardo S. Martinez

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2004 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Ricardo S. Martinez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. He earned a law degree from University of Washington School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2004
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: University of Washington 1975 · University of Washington Law 1980
Succeeded by: Kymberly Kathryn Evanson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2004	Western District of Washington	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on June 15, 2004 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 116. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

47 D, 51 R

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 I

James Jeffords(I-VT)
John Kerry(D-MA)

Education

University of Washington	B.S.	1975
University of Washington School of Law	J.D.	1980

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Martinez was assigned 4,667 district-court cases (1971–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 170 days across 4,399 closed cases.

Other civil matters23%

Labor & ERISA12%

Contract12%

Other federal statutes9%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other27%

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 337 of Martinez’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 254 were affirmed, 45 reversed or vacated, and 38 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, Martinez authored 40 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Amazon. Com v. Cendant Corp. (30 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
2005	Amazon. Com v. Cendant Corp.	404 F. Supp. 2d 1256	30
2006	Washington Ass'n of Churches v. Reed	492 F. Supp. 2d 1264	19
2011	Bollinger v. Residential Capital, LLC	761 F. Supp. 2d 1114	18
2006	Laisure-Radke v. Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.	426 F. Supp. 2d 1163	15
2010	Khadera v. Abm Industries Inc.	701 F. Supp. 2d 1190	8
2007	Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Ass'n v. National Marine Fisheries Service	482 F. Supp. 2d 1248	8
2006	Wood v. Household Finance Corp.	341 B.R. 770	8
2011	SICILIA v. Boeing Co.	775 F. Supp. 2d 1243	7
2010	Federal Home Loan Bank v. Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.	736 F. Supp. 2d 1283	7
2010	McCann v. Quality Loan Service Corp.	729 F. Supp. 2d 1238	6
2008	Spencer v. World Vision, Inc.	570 F. Supp. 2d 1279	6
2007	Cunningham v. Bank One	487 F. Supp. 2d 1189	6
2009	Coneff v. AT & T CORP.	620 F. Supp. 2d 1248	5
2011	Schultz v. United Airlines, Inc.	797 F. Supp. 2d 1103	4
2011	Davis v. Liberty Mutual Group	814 F. Supp. 2d 1111	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 40 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 Ricardo S. Martinez?: President George W. Bush appointed Ricardo S. Martinez to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2004.
Was Ricardo S. Martinez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Ricardo S. Martinez was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Ricardo S. Martinez's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Ricardo S. Martinez 98–0 on June 15, 2004.
Which court is Ricardo S. Martinez on?: Ricardo S. Martinez is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Sources

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