Who appointed Roberto Antonio Lange?

President Barack Obama appointed Roberto Antonio Lange to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in 2009.

Was Roberto Antonio Lange appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Roberto Antonio Lange was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Roberto Antonio Lange's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Roberto Antonio Lange 100–0 on October 21, 2009.

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Roberto Antonio Lange

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009 and confirmed by the Senate 100–0, Roberto Antonio Lange is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. He earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) in 1988. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1963 · age 63
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2009
Confirmed: 100–0
Education: University of South Dakota 1985 · Northwestern Law (now Pritzker School of Law) 1988
Succeeded: Charles B. Kornmann

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2009	District of South Dakota succeeded Charles B. Kornmann	Obama (D)	100–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 100–0 on October 21, 2009 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 324. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 100

58 D, 40 R, 2 I

Education

University of South Dakota	B.A.	1985
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law)	J.D.	1988

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Lange was assigned 847 district-court cases (2000–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 242 days across 612 closed cases.

Other civil matters50%

Personal-injury torts10%

Contract9%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Civil rights7%

Criminal4%

Other12%

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 107 of Lange’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 95 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Lange authored 24 published opinions for the court (2009–2011). Most cited: Jones v. GGNSC PIERRE LLC (22 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	Jones v. GGNSC PIERRE LLC	684 F. Supp. 2d 1161	22
2010	United States v. Garreau	735 F. Supp. 2d 1155	7
2010	CONSTITUTION PARTY OF SD v. Nelson	730 F. Supp. 2d 992	5
2010	Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. v. Schieffer	742 F. Supp. 2d 1055	5
2011	County of Charles Mix v. United States Department of the Interior	799 F. Supp. 2d 1027	4
2011	South Dakota v. United States Department of the Interior	775 F. Supp. 2d 1129	4
2010	Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad v. Schieffer	744 F. Supp. 2d 987	4
2010	Bell, Inc. v. Ifs Industries, Inc.	742 F. Supp. 2d 1049	4
2010	Crow Creek Sioux Tribal Farms, Inc. v. United States Internal Revenue Service	684 F. Supp. 2d 1152	3
2011	South Dakota v. United States Department of the Interior	787 F. Supp. 2d 981	2
2011	Diesel MacHinery, Inc. v. Manitowoc Crane Group	777 F. Supp. 2d 1198	2
2010	United States v. Linder	759 F. Supp. 2d 1133	2
2010	United States v. Reynolds	743 F. Supp. 2d 1087	2
2011	United States v. Medearis	775 F. Supp. 2d 1110	1
2010	Muller v. Gateway Building Systems, Inc.	743 F. Supp. 2d 1096	1

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 Roberto Antonio Lange?: President Barack Obama appointed Roberto Antonio Lange to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota in 2009.
Was Roberto Antonio Lange appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Roberto Antonio Lange was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Roberto Antonio Lange's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Roberto Antonio Lange 100–0 on October 21, 2009.
Which court is Roberto Antonio Lange on?: Roberto Antonio Lange is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota.

Sources

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