Robert Clive Jones
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Clive Jones is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. He earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1947 · age 79
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2003
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brigham Young 1971 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1975
- Succeeded
- David Warner Hagen
- Succeeded by
- Anne Rachel Traum
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | District of Nevada succeeded David Warner Hagen | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Jones was assigned 3,265 district-court cases (1990–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 253 days across 3,262 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 509 of Jones’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 341 were affirmed, 81 reversed or vacated, and 87 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 22 published opinions for the court (2006–2011). Most cited: Basic Management Inc. v. United States (30 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Basic Management Inc. v. United States | 569 F. Supp. 2d 1106 | 30 |
| 2006 | Field v. Google Inc. | 412 F. Supp. 2d 1106 | 25 |
| 2011 | In Re USA Commercial Mortg. Co. | 802 F. Supp. 2d 1147 | 16 |
| 2006 | United States v. Prabhu | 442 F. Supp. 2d 1008 | 15 |
| 2011 | Nevada Ex Rel. Hager v. Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP | 812 F. Supp. 2d 1211 | 11 |
| 2010 | Weingartner v. Chase Home Finance, LLC | 702 F. Supp. 2d 1276 | 10 |
| 2010 | Karl v. Quality Loan Service Corp. | 759 F. Supp. 2d 1240 | 6 |
| 2009 | United States v. Benevento | 633 F. Supp. 2d 1170 | 6 |
| 2009 | Boney v. Valline | 597 F. Supp. 2d 1167 | 6 |
| 2011 | Brophy v. DAY & ZIMMERMAN HAWTHORNE CORP. | 799 F. Supp. 2d 1185 | 5 |
| 2009 | Miller v. DePuy Spine, Inc. | 638 F. Supp. 2d 1226 | 5 |
| 2009 | Insco v. Aetna Health & Life Insurance | 673 F. Supp. 2d 1180 | 4 |
| 2009 | Georgiou Studio, Inc. v. Boulevard Invest, LLC | 663 F. Supp. 2d 973 | 4 |
| 2009 | Gypsum Resources, LLC v. Masto | 672 F. Supp. 2d 1127 | 3 |
| 2011 | Incline Energy, LLC v. Penna Group, LLC | 787 F. Supp. 2d 1140 | 2 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Clive Jones?
- President George W. Bush appointed Robert Clive Jones to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 2003.
- Was Robert Clive Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Clive 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 Robert Clive Jones's confirmation vote?
- Robert Clive Jones was confirmed by voice vote on October 2, 2003. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Robert Clive Jones on?
- Robert Clive Jones is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).