Roslyn O. Silver
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Roslyn O. Silver is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. She earned a law degree from Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1946 · age 80
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Santa Barbara 1968 · Arizona State College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) 1971
- Succeeded
- Earl Hamblin Carroll
- Succeeded by
- John Joseph Tuchi
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | District of Arizona succeeded Earl Hamblin Carroll | 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
| University of California, Santa Barbara | B.A. | 1968 |
| Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) | J.D. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Silver was assigned 7,371 district-court cases (1982–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 207 days across 7,090 closed cases.
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 365 of Silver’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 265 were affirmed, 55 reversed or vacated, and 45 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, Silver authored 145 published opinions for the court (1995–2010). Most cited: Brink v. First Credit Resources (38 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Brink v. First Credit Resources | 57 F. Supp. 2d 848 | 38 |
| 2008 | Shamrock Foods Co. v. Gast | 535 F. Supp. 2d 962 | 36 |
| 1996 | Schwartz v. FHP International Corp. | 947 F. Supp. 1354 | 35 |
| 1996 | Haisch v. Allstate Insurance | 942 F. Supp. 1245 | 33 |
| 2006 | Compass Bank v. Hartley | 430 F. Supp. 2d 973 | 31 |
| 2003 | Arnold & Associates, Inc. v. Misys Healthcare Systems | 275 F. Supp. 2d 1013 | 30 |
| 1998 | Medical Laboratory Management Consultants v. American Broadcasting Companies | 30 F. Supp. 2d 1182 | 28 |
| 2010 | FIRETRACE USA, LLC v. Jesclard | 800 F. Supp. 2d 1042 | 27 |
| 1997 | Morgan v. Arizona Department of Corrections | 976 F. Supp. 892 | 23 |
| 2005 | Collins v. D.R. Horton, Inc. | 361 F. Supp. 2d 1085 | 22 |
| 2006 | Schad v. Schriro | 454 F. Supp. 2d 897 | 21 |
| 2003 | Hearn v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | 279 F. Supp. 2d 1096 | 20 |
| 2003 | Farina v. Compuware Corp. | 256 F. Supp. 2d 1033 | 20 |
| 2002 | Comer v. Stewart | 230 F. Supp. 2d 1016 | 20 |
| 1996 | Diviero v. Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. | 919 F. Supp. 1353 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 145 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 Roslyn O. Silver?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Roslyn O. Silver to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 1994.
- Was Roslyn O. Silver appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Roslyn O. Silver was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Roslyn O. Silver's confirmation vote?
- Roslyn O. Silver was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Roslyn O. Silver on?
- Roslyn O. Silver is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).