Who appointed Robert N. Chatigny?

President William J. Clinton appointed Robert N. Chatigny to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1994.

Was Robert N. Chatigny appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert N. Chatigny was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Robert N. Chatigny's confirmation vote?

Robert N. Chatigny was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Connecticut / Appointed 1994 / Senior status since 2016

Robert N. Chatigny

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert N. Chatigny is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Brown 1973 · Georgetown Law Center 1978
Succeeded: Warren William Eginton
Succeeded by: Kari Anne Dooley

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	District of Connecticut succeeded Warren William Eginton	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

Brown University	A.B.	1973
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1978

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Chatigny was assigned 5,234 district-court cases (1980–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 280 days across 5,139 closed cases.

Civil rights19%

Contract16%

Personal-injury torts12%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Other federal statutes11%

Labor & ERISA6%

Other24%

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 174 of Chatigny’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 148 were affirmed, 14 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, Chatigny authored 103 published opinions for the court (1995–2010). Most cited: DeLeon v. Little (31 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
1997	DeLeon v. Little	981 F. Supp. 728	31
2006	Gomez v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc.	455 F. Supp. 2d 81	24
2000	Bombero v. Warner-Lambert Co.	142 F. Supp. 2d 196	21
1999	Piascyk v. City of New Haven	64 F. Supp. 2d 19	20
2005	Chiverton v. Federal Financial Group, Inc.	399 F. Supp. 2d 96	16
2005	Wilson v. Lowe's Home Center, Inc.	401 F. Supp. 2d 186	14
1997	Cody v. Ward	954 F. Supp. 43	13
1998	Marsh v. Kirschner	31 F. Supp. 2d 79	12
2001	Doe v. Lee	132 F. Supp. 2d 57	11
2000	MR. J. v. Board of Educ.	98 F. Supp. 2d 226	11
1997	Matos v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development	995 F. Supp. 48	11
1996	Ethicon, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.	937 F. Supp. 1015	11
2004	Cadle Co. v. Marra (In Re Marra)	308 B.R. 628	10
1997	Schaal v. Callahan	993 F. Supp. 85	10
2000	First American Casino Corp. v. Eastern Pequot Nation	175 F. Supp. 2d 205	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 Robert N. Chatigny?: President William J. Clinton appointed Robert N. Chatigny to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1994.
Was Robert N. Chatigny appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert N. Chatigny was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert N. Chatigny's confirmation vote?: Robert N. Chatigny was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Robert N. Chatigny on?: Robert N. Chatigny is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Sources

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