Roy Bale Dalton Jr.
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by voice vote, Roy Bale Dalton Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1952 · age 74
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2011
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Florida 1974 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1976
- Succeeded
- Henry Lee Adams Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Julie Simone Sneed
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Middle District of Florida succeeded Henry Lee Adams Jr. | Obama (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 Florida | B.A. | 1974 |
| University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Dalton was assigned 5,097 district-court cases (2007–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 157 days across 4,873 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 288 of Dalton’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 235 were affirmed, 37 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, Dalton authored 1 published opinion for the court (2011).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | GJONDREKAJ v. Napolitano | 801 F. Supp. 2d 1344 | 0 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Roy Bale Dalton Jr.?
- President Barack Obama appointed Roy Bale Dalton Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 2011.
- Was Roy Bale Dalton Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Roy Bale Dalton Jr. was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Roy Bale Dalton Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Roy Bale Dalton Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 2, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Roy Bale Dalton Jr. on?
- Roy Bale Dalton Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).