Who appointed Richard A. Paez?

President William J. Clinton appointed Richard A. Paez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2000.

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

Richard A. Paez was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Richard A. Paez's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Richard A. Paez 59–39 on March 9, 2000.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 2000 / Senior status since 2021

Richard A. Paez

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000 and confirmed by the Senate 59–39, Richard A. Paez is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1972. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 2000
Confirmed: 59–39
Education: Brigham Young 1969 · University of California, Berkeley, Law 1972
Succeeded: Cecil F. Poole
Succeeded by: Lucy Haeran Koh

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Central District of California	Clinton (D)	Voice vote
2000	Ninth Circuit succeeded Cecil F. Poole	Clinton (D)	59–39

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

Nomination Confirmed 59–39 on March 9, 2000 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 40. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 59

45 D, 14 R

Voted against · 39

39 R

Did not vote · 2

2 R

Ben Campbell(R-CO)
John McCain(R-AZ)

Education

Brigham Young University	B.A.	1969
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law	J.D.	1972

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Paez was assigned 1,922 district-court cases (1990–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 195 days across 1,922 closed cases.

Contract19%

Prisoner & habeas18%

Civil rights12%

Intellectual property11%

Labor & ERISA11%

Other federal statutes7%

Other22%

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.

In our data, Paez authored 70 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Silva v. Di Vittorio (504 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	Silva v. Di Vittorio	658 F.3d 1090	504
2010	Sapp v. Kimbrell	623 F.3d 813	498
2008	Rosson v. Fitzgerald (In Re Rosson)	545 F.3d 764	218
1998	Isuzu Motors Ltd. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.	12 F. Supp. 2d 1035	206
2008	Bromfield v. Mukasey	543 F.3d 1071	127
2010	Bateman v. American Multi-Cinema, Inc.	623 F.3d 708	122
2008	Barrett v. Belleque	544 F.3d 1060	118
2010	Johnson v. Rancho Santiago Community College District	623 F.3d 1011	117
2009	Burke v. County of Alameda	586 F.3d 725	98
2010	Perdomo v. Holder	611 F.3d 662	97
1998	Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co.	24 F. Supp. 2d 1013	58
2008	Pacific Fisheries, Inc. v. United States	539 F.3d 1143	56
2009	United States v. Gonzalez	578 F.3d 1130	46
1995	Sentex Systems, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.	882 F. Supp. 930	40
2010	United States v. Espinoza-Morales	621 F.3d 1141	37

Showing the 15 most-cited of 70 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. Paez?: President William J. Clinton appointed Richard A. Paez to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2000.
Was Richard A. Paez appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard A. Paez was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Richard A. Paez's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Richard A. Paez 59–39 on March 9, 2000.
Which court is Richard A. Paez on?: Richard A. Paez is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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