Richard G. Seeborg
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard G. Seeborg is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1956 · age 70
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale College 1978 · Columbia Law School 1981
- Succeeded
- Maxine M. Chesney
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northern District of California succeeded Maxine M. Chesney | 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
| Yale College | B.A. | 1978 |
| Columbia Law School | J.D. | 1981 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Seeborg was assigned 4,428 district-court cases (1976–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 323 days across 4,092 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 222 of Seeborg’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 172 were affirmed, 34 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, Seeborg authored 24 published opinions for the court (2003–2011). Most cited: Dr. JKL Ltd. v. HPC IT EDUCATION CENTER (109 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Dr. JKL Ltd. v. HPC IT EDUCATION CENTER | 749 F. Supp. 2d 1038 | 109 |
| 2010 | Chacanaca v. QUAKER OATS COMPANY | 752 F. Supp. 2d 1111 | 68 |
| 2005 | Digital Envoy, Inc. v. Google, Inc. | 370 F. Supp. 2d 1025 | 34 |
| 2010 | Davenport v. Litton Loan Servicing, LP | 725 F. Supp. 2d 862 | 32 |
| 2010 | Botelho v. U.S. Bank, N.A. | 692 F. Supp. 2d 1174 | 18 |
| 2007 | McCrary v. Gutierrez | 495 F. Supp. 2d 1038 | 17 |
| 2010 | Rivera v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. | 756 F. Supp. 2d 1193 | 11 |
| 2011 | Cohen v. Facebook, Inc. | 798 F. Supp. 2d 1090 | 9 |
| 2011 | Michael Taylor Designs, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America | 761 F. Supp. 2d 904 | 9 |
| 2011 | Galaviz v. Berg | 763 F. Supp. 2d 1170 | 9 |
| 2007 | Facebook, Inc. v. CONNECTU LLC | 489 F. Supp. 2d 1087 | 8 |
| 2003 | Johnson v. America Online, Inc. | 280 F. Supp. 2d 1018 | 8 |
| 2011 | Gaudin v. Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc. | 820 F. Supp. 2d 1051 | 6 |
| 2010 | QUATELA v. Stryker Corp. | 820 F. Supp. 2d 1045 | 6 |
| 2011 | Plichta v. SunPower Corp. | 790 F. Supp. 2d 1012 | 5 |
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 G. Seeborg?
- President Barack Obama appointed Richard G. Seeborg to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 2010.
- Was Richard G. Seeborg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard G. Seeborg was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard G. Seeborg's confirmation vote?
- Richard G. Seeborg was confirmed by voice vote on December 24, 2009. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Richard G. Seeborg on?
- Richard G. Seeborg is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).