Who appointed Richard A. Jones?

President George W. Bush appointed Richard A. Jones to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2007.

Was Richard A. Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Richard A. Jones's confirmation vote?

Richard A. Jones was confirmed by voice vote on October 4, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Western District of Washington / Appointed 2007 / Senior status since 2022

Richard A. Jones

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard A. Jones 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 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Seattle 1972 · University of Washington Law 1975
Succeeded: John C. Coughenour
Succeeded by: Jamal Norman Whitehead

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Western District of Washington succeeded John C. Coughenour	G.W. Bush (R)	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

Seattle University	B.P.A.	1972
University of Washington School of Law	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jones was assigned 3,774 district-court cases (1997–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 173 days across 3,495 closed cases.

Other civil matters24%

Contract13%

Labor & ERISA12%

Other federal statutes9%

Civil rights8%

Prisoner & habeas7%

Other28%

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 207 of Jones’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 163 were affirmed, 24 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Jones authored 24 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Nordstrom, Inc. v. Chubb & Son, Inc. (14 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
1992	Nordstrom, Inc. v. Chubb & Son, Inc.	820 F. Supp. 530	14
2011	Rijal v. United States Citizenship & Immigration Services	772 F. Supp. 2d 1339	13
2009	Clarendon American Insurance v. Jai Thai Enterprises, LLC	625 F. Supp. 2d 1099	10
2010	Capitol West Appraisals, LLC v. Countrywide Financial Corp.	759 F. Supp. 2d 1267	6
2008	Hong Wang v. Chertoff	550 F. Supp. 2d 1253	6
2009	University of Washington Medical Center v. Sebelius	674 F. Supp. 2d 1206	5
2010	Masters Software, Inc. v. Discovery Communications, Inc.	725 F. Supp. 2d 1294	4
2009	Axis Surplus Insurance v. James River Insurance	635 F. Supp. 2d 1214	4
2009	Brotherson v. Professional Basketball Club, LLC	604 F. Supp. 2d 1276	4
2009	United States v. Kennedy	593 F. Supp. 2d 1233	4
2008	Wyant v. CITY OF LYNNWOOD	621 F. Supp. 2d 1108	4
2008	Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc.	555 F. Supp. 2d 1164	4
2011	Lyons v. Homecomings Financial LLC	770 F. Supp. 2d 1163	3
2011	Shepherd v. WELDON MEDIATION SERVICES, INC.	794 F. Supp. 2d 1173	3
2011	Mirina Corp. v. Marina Biotech	770 F. Supp. 2d 1153	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 24 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 A. Jones?: President George W. Bush appointed Richard A. Jones to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in 2007.
Was Richard A. Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard A. Jones was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Richard A. Jones's confirmation vote?: Richard A. Jones was confirmed by voice vote on October 4, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Richard A. Jones on?: Richard A. Jones is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Sources

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18 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).