Ricardo M. Urbina
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Ricardo M. Urbina was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1946–2024
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Georgetown 1967 · Georgetown Law Center 1970
- Succeeded
- Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Rudolph Contreras
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | District of Columbia succeeded Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. | 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
| Georgetown University | B.A. | 1967 |
| Georgetown University Law Center | J.D. | 1970 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Urbina was assigned 2,102 district-court cases (1975–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 301 days across 2,096 closed cases.
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 124 of Urbina’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 77 were affirmed, 34 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Urbina authored 1,263 published opinions for the court (1994–2012). Most cited: Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police v. Ashcroft (854 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Grand Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police v. Ashcroft | 185 F. Supp. 2d 9 | 854 |
| 2001 | Adkins v. Teseo | 180 F. Supp. 2d 15 | 271 |
| 1996 | Trout Unlimited v. United States Department of Agriculture | 944 F. Supp. 13 | 225 |
| 1998 | Pitney Bowes Inc. v. United States Postal Service | 27 F. Supp. 2d 15 | 178 |
| 2002 | Darby v. U.S. Department of Energy | 231 F. Supp. 2d 274 | 151 |
| 2002 | International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund v. RW Amrine Drywall Co., Inc. | 239 F. Supp. 2d 26 | 148 |
| 2002 | Stephenson v. Cox | 223 F. Supp. 2d 119 | 116 |
| 2002 | Bloch v. Powell | 227 F. Supp. 2d 25 | 116 |
| 2002 | Robinson v. Detroit News, Inc. | 211 F. Supp. 2d 101 | 114 |
| 2001 | Rann v. Chao | 154 F. Supp. 2d 61 | 113 |
| 2011 | Boland v. ELITE TERRAZZO FLOORING, INC. | 763 F. Supp. 2d 64 | 110 |
| 2003 | Freeman v. Fallin | 254 F. Supp. 2d 52 | 107 |
| 2001 | Lewis v. Rumsfeld | 154 F. Supp. 2d 56 | 106 |
| 2003 | Campuzano v. Islamic Republic of Iran | 281 F. Supp. 2d 258 | 103 |
| 2007 | Baloch v. Norton | 517 F. Supp. 2d 345 | 101 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,263 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 M. Urbina?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Ricardo M. Urbina to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1994.
- Was Ricardo M. Urbina appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Ricardo M. Urbina was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Ricardo M. Urbina's confirmation vote?
- Ricardo M. Urbina was confirmed by voice vote on June 15, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Ricardo M. Urbina on?
- Ricardo M. Urbina was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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17 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).