Who appointed Rosemary M. Collyer?

President George W. Bush appointed Rosemary M. Collyer to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2002.

Was Rosemary M. Collyer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Rosemary M. Collyer's confirmation vote?

Rosemary M. Collyer was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Columbia / Appointed 2002 / Served to 2026

Rosemary M. Collyer

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Rosemary M. Collyer was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She earned a law degree from University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law) in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1945–2026
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Trinity College (now Trinity Washington) 1968 · University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law) 1977
Succeeded: Thomas Penfield Jackson
Succeeded by: Timothy James Kelly

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	District of Columbia succeeded Thomas Penfield Jackson	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

Trinity College (now Trinity Washington University)	B.A.	1968
University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law)	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Collyer was assigned 1,671 district-court cases (1998–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 288 days across 1,662 closed cases.

Other federal statutes27%

Civil rights18%

Contract9%

Labor & ERISA9%

Personal-injury torts9%

Prisoner & habeas8%

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 248 of Collyer’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 177 were affirmed, 48 reversed or vacated, and 23 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, Collyer authored 1,424 published opinions for the court (2003–2020). Most cited: Arbitraje Casa De Cambio, S.A. De C v. v. United States Postal Service (168 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
2003	Arbitraje Casa De Cambio, S.A. De C v. v. United States Postal Service	297 F. Supp. 2d 165	168
2009	Moore v. Bush	601 F. Supp. 2d 6	128
2008	Gates v. Syrian Arab Republic	580 F. Supp. 2d 53	121
2004	Biton v. Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority	310 F. Supp. 2d 172	109
2010	Valfells v. Central Intelligence Agency	717 F. Supp. 2d 110	89
2004	Singh v. United States House of Representatives, Committee on Ways & Means	300 F. Supp. 2d 48	87
2012	Disner v. United States of America	888 F. Supp. 2d 83	83
2006	Wiley v. Johnson	436 F. Supp. 2d 91	67
2017	Competitive Enterprise Institute v. United States Environmental Protection Agency	232 F. Supp. 3d 172	65
2010	Sanders v. Obama	729 F. Supp. 2d 148	62
2007	Agapito v. District of Columbia	525 F. Supp. 2d 150	59
2008	Epps v. U.S. Attorney General	575 F. Supp. 2d 232	55
2010	Wilson v. U.S. Department of Transportation	730 F. Supp. 2d 140	53
2006	Roum v. Bush	461 F. Supp. 2d 40	50
2008	Zeigler v. Potter	555 F. Supp. 2d 126	48

Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,424 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 Rosemary M. Collyer?: President George W. Bush appointed Rosemary M. Collyer to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2002.
Was Rosemary M. Collyer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Rosemary M. Collyer was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Rosemary M. Collyer's confirmation vote?: Rosemary M. Collyer was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Rosemary M. Collyer on?: Rosemary M. Collyer was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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