Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. He earned a law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law) in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1947 · age 79
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Texas Lutheran College 1970 · Southern Methodist Law (now Dedman School of Law) 1973
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Western District of Texas | 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
| Texas Lutheran College | B.A. | 1970 |
| Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law) | J.D. | 1973 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Biery was assigned 9,318 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 172 days across 8,047 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 647 of Biery’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 531 were affirmed, 64 reversed or vacated, and 52 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, Biery authored 55 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Dutmer v. City of San Antonio, Tex. (25 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Dutmer v. City of San Antonio, Tex. | 937 F. Supp. 587 | 25 |
| 1995 | United States v. Bailey | 902 F. Supp. 727 | 23 |
| 2001 | Gutierrez v. Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P. | 147 F. Supp. 2d 584 | 18 |
| 2001 | Franks v. Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc. | 164 F. Supp. 2d 865 | 16 |
| 2007 | Gallegos v. Equity Title Co. of America, Inc. | 484 F. Supp. 2d 589 | 14 |
| 2005 | Gutierrez v. Dretke | 392 F. Supp. 2d 802 | 14 |
| 1997 | Perez v. Alcoa Fujikura, Ltd. | 969 F. Supp. 991 | 13 |
| 2002 | Schiller v. Immigration & Naturalization Service | 205 F. Supp. 2d 648 | 12 |
| 1999 | Duerrmeyer v. Alamo Moving and Storage One, Corp. | 49 F. Supp. 2d 934 | 12 |
| 2002 | Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service | 202 F. Supp. 2d 594 | 9 |
| 1998 | Zamora-Quezada v. HealthTexas Medical Group | 34 F. Supp. 2d 433 | 9 |
| 1997 | Casarez v. Val Verde County | 957 F. Supp. 847 | 9 |
| 2006 | Martinez v. Dretke | 426 F. Supp. 2d 403 | 8 |
| 2005 | Cervantes Salazar v. Dretke | 393 F. Supp. 2d 451 | 8 |
| 2000 | Okeke v. Pasquarell | 80 F. Supp. 2d 635 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in 1994.
- Was Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 10, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. on?
- Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: FBI San Antonio (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).