Richard Brooke Jackson
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Brooke Jackson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1947 · age 79
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2011
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dartmouth College 1969 · Harvard Law School 1972
- Succeeded
- Phillip S. Figa
- Succeeded by
- Charlotte Noelle Sweeney
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | District of Colorado succeeded Phillip S. Figa | Obama (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
| Dartmouth College | A.B. | 1969 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1972 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Jackson was assigned 3,533 district-court cases (1988–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 266 days across 3,417 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 254 of Jackson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 198 were affirmed, 25 reversed or vacated, and 31 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 2 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: CGC HOLDING CO., LLC v. Hutchens (12 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | CGC HOLDING CO., LLC v. Hutchens | 824 F. Supp. 2d 1193 | 12 |
| 2011 | Hook v. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Hook) | 469 B.R. 62 | 3 |
Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 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 Richard Brooke Jackson?
- President Barack Obama appointed Richard Brooke Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 2011.
- Was Richard Brooke Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard Brooke Jackson was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard Brooke Jackson's confirmation vote?
- Richard Brooke Jackson was confirmed by voice vote on August 2, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Richard Brooke Jackson on?
- Richard Brooke Jackson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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14 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).