Who appointed Roger L. Hunt?

President William J. Clinton appointed Roger L. Hunt to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 2000.

Was Roger L. Hunt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Roger L. Hunt was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Roger L. Hunt's confirmation vote?

Roger L. Hunt was confirmed by voice vote on May 24, 2000. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Nevada / Appointed 2000 / Senior status since 2011

Roger L. Hunt

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000 and confirmed by voice vote, Roger L. Hunt is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1942 · age 84
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 2000
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Brigham Young 1966 · George Washington Law School 1970
Succeeded by: Miranda Mai Du

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2000	District of Nevada	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

Brigham Young University	B.A.	1966
George Washington University Law School	J.D.	1970

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hunt was assigned 3,983 district-court cases (1992–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 3,942 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas20%

Civil rights16%

Criminal15%

Contract13%

Other federal statutes9%

Intellectual property6%

Other21%

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 215 of Hunt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 160 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 25 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, Hunt authored 60 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Pioneer Chlor Alkali Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance (46 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
1994	Pioneer Chlor Alkali Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance	863 F. Supp. 1237	46
2001	Burns v. Mayer	175 F. Supp. 2d 1259	27
1997	United States v. Everett	972 F. Supp. 1313	18
1994	Pioneer Chlor Alkali Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance	863 F. Supp. 1226	18
2000	Ehrensaft v. Dimension Works Inc. Long Term Disability Plan	120 F. Supp. 2d 1253	17
2003	Yuen v. United States	290 F. Supp. 2d 1220	16
2009	Larson v. HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL, LLC	680 F. Supp. 2d 1230	15
2009	Mazzeo v. Gibbons	649 F. Supp. 2d 1182	13
2003	Caesars World, Inc. v. Milanian	247 F. Supp. 2d 1171	12
2001	Switzer v. Rivera	174 F. Supp. 2d 1097	12
2001	Perrin v. Gentner	177 F. Supp. 2d 1115	11
2003	Milicevic v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC	256 F. Supp. 2d 1168	10
2005	Jacobs v. Clark County School District	373 F. Supp. 2d 1162	9
2004	Roe Ex Rel. Preschooler II v. Nevada	332 F. Supp. 2d 1331	9
2007	Roe v. Nevada	621 F. Supp. 2d 1039	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 60 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 Roger L. Hunt?: President William J. Clinton appointed Roger L. Hunt to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 2000.
Was Roger L. Hunt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Roger L. Hunt was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Roger L. Hunt's confirmation vote?: Roger L. Hunt was confirmed by voice vote on May 24, 2000. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Roger L. Hunt on?: Roger L. Hunt is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

Sources

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26 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).