Who appointed Robert J. Timlin?

President William J. Clinton appointed Robert J. Timlin to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1994.

Was Robert J. Timlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert J. Timlin 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 J. Timlin's confirmation vote?

Robert J. Timlin was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2017

Robert J. Timlin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert J. Timlin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1932–2017
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Georgetown College (now Georgetown) 1954 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1959
Succeeded by: Stephen G. Larson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Central District of California	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

Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)	A.B.	1954
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center	J.D.	1959
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center	LL.M.	1964

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Timlin was assigned 3,811 district-court cases (1991–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 238 days across 3,807 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas23%

Contract20%

Civil rights12%

Other federal statutes9%

Labor & ERISA7%

Intellectual property7%

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.

On appeal

Of 90 of Timlin’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 70 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Timlin authored 62 published opinions for the court (1995–2010). Most cited: Lonberg v. City of Riverside (91 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
2004	Lonberg v. City of Riverside	300 F. Supp. 2d 942	91
1999	Colyer v. Smith	50 F. Supp. 2d 966	50
1999	Nuno v. County of San Bernardino	58 F. Supp. 2d 1127	21
2000	McAnally Enterprises, Inc. v. McAnally	107 F. Supp. 2d 1223	20
2002	Gallardo v. DiCarlo	203 F. Supp. 2d 1160	19
2002	Gibson v. County of Riverside	181 F. Supp. 2d 1057	18
2001	China National Metal Products Import/Export Co. v. Apex Digital, Inc.	155 F. Supp. 2d 1174	18
2001	In Re Intuit Privacy Litigation	138 F. Supp. 2d 1272	17
2002	Buono v. Norton	212 F. Supp. 2d 1202	16
2003	All World Professional Travel Services, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.	282 F. Supp. 2d 1161	14
2000	Speaker Ex Rel. Speaker v. COUNTY, SAN BERNARDINO	82 F. Supp. 2d 1105	14
2005	Osborne v. County of Riverside	385 F. Supp. 2d 1048	12
2005	Roach v. Lee	369 F. Supp. 2d 1194	11
2001	Westways World Travel v. AMR Corp.	182 F. Supp. 2d 952	11
2000	Hamilton v. City of San Bernardino	107 F. Supp. 2d 1239	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 62 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 J. Timlin?: President William J. Clinton appointed Robert J. Timlin to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1994.
Was Robert J. Timlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert J. Timlin 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 J. Timlin's confirmation vote?: Robert J. Timlin was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert J. Timlin on?: Robert J. Timlin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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