Who appointed Roger W. Titus?

President George W. Bush appointed Roger W. Titus to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2003.

Was Roger W. Titus appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Roger W. Titus was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Roger W. Titus's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Roger W. Titus 97–0 on November 5, 2003.

District of Maryland / Appointed 2003 / Served to 2019

Roger W. Titus

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, Roger W. Titus was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1941–2019
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: Johns Hopkins 1963 · Georgetown Law Center 1966
Succeeded: Marvin J. Garbis
Succeeded by: Theodore David Chuang

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	District of Maryland succeeded Marvin J. Garbis	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on November 5, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 438. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

45 D, 51 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 3

3 D

Education

Johns Hopkins University	B.A.	1963
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1966

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Titus was assigned 2,862 district-court cases (2002–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 189 days across 2,862 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas18%

Contract16%

Civil rights14%

Labor & ERISA13%

Personal-injury torts11%

Other federal statutes9%

Other19%

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 277 of Titus’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 242 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Titus authored 92 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Clawson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (117 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
2006	Clawson v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.	451 F. Supp. 2d 731	117
2009	Proctor v. Metropolitan Money Store Corp.	645 F. Supp. 2d 464	50
2008	Proctor v. Metropolitan Money Store Corp.	579 F. Supp. 2d 724	33
2008	Reaching Hearts International, Inc. v. Prince George's County	584 F. Supp. 2d 766	32
2008	Rodriguez v. Smithfield Packing Co., Inc.	545 F. Supp. 2d 508	31
2008	Baltimore-Washington Telephone Co. v. Hot Leads Co.	584 F. Supp. 2d 736	26
2011	United States v. Cassidy	814 F. Supp. 2d 574	25
2009	United States v. Davis	611 F. Supp. 2d 472	25
2007	Williams v. Lubin	516 F. Supp. 2d 535	23
2005	Southern Volkswagen, Inc. v. Centrix Financial, LLC	357 F. Supp. 2d 837	22
2009	United States v. Davis	657 F. Supp. 2d 630	19
2010	In Re KBR, Inc.	736 F. Supp. 2d 954	18
2009	United States v. Davis	602 F. Supp. 2d 658	18
2008	Beckham v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.	569 F. Supp. 2d 542	18
2006	Johnson v. Nutrex Research, Inc.	429 F. Supp. 2d 723	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 92 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 W. Titus?: President George W. Bush appointed Roger W. Titus to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 2003.
Was Roger W. Titus appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Roger W. Titus was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Roger W. Titus's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Roger W. Titus 97–0 on November 5, 2003.
Which court was Roger W. Titus on?: Roger W. Titus was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Sources

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