Who appointed Sandra J. Feuerstein?

President George W. Bush appointed Sandra J. Feuerstein to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2003.

Was Sandra J. Feuerstein appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Sandra J. Feuerstein's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Sandra J. Feuerstein 92–0 on September 17, 2003.

Eastern District of New York / Appointed 2003 / Served to 2021

Sandra J. Feuerstein

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 92–0, Sandra J. Feuerstein was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1946–2021
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 92–0
Education: University of Vermont 1966 · Yeshiva, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law 1979
Succeeded: Thomas Collier Platt Jr.
Succeeded by: Gary Richard Brown

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Eastern District of New York succeeded Thomas Collier Platt Jr.	G.W. Bush (R)	92–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 92–0 on September 17, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 353. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 92

42 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 8

6 D, 2 R

Education

University of Vermont	B.S.	1966
Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Feuerstein was assigned 4,442 district-court cases (1997–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 222 days across 4,440 closed cases.

Other federal statutes21%

Labor & ERISA19%

Civil rights15%

Contract12%

Personal-injury torts11%

Prisoner & habeas5%

Other17%

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 185 of Feuerstein’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 155 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, Feuerstein authored 40 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: CASTANZA v. Town of Brookhaven (43 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
2010	CASTANZA v. Town of Brookhaven	700 F. Supp. 2d 277	43
2007	Banks v. Correctional Services Corp.	475 F. Supp. 2d 189	34
2010	In Re Pisculli	426 B.R. 52	30
2009	Broich v. Incorporated Village of Southampton	650 F. Supp. 2d 234	27
2010	Cohn v. KeySpan Corp.	713 F. Supp. 2d 143	26
2004	Bongat v. Fairview Nursing Care Center, Inc.	341 F. Supp. 2d 181	25
2004	Fagan v. AmerisourceBergen Corp.	356 F. Supp. 2d 198	25
2004	Nassau County Employee \	345 F. Supp. 2d 293	24
2009	Carmody v. Village of Rockville Centre	661 F. Supp. 2d 299	22
2007	McCrary v. County of Nassau	493 F. Supp. 2d 581	22
2005	Browne v. City University of New York	419 F. Supp. 2d 315	17
2007	Bliven v. Hunt	478 F. Supp. 2d 332	16
2011	Gusler v. City of Long Beach	823 F. Supp. 2d 98	15
2011	Tyrrell v. Seaford Union Free School District	792 F. Supp. 2d 601	14
2011	Zibiz Corp. v. FCN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS	777 F. Supp. 2d 408	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 40 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 Sandra J. Feuerstein?: President George W. Bush appointed Sandra J. Feuerstein to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2003.
Was Sandra J. Feuerstein appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Sandra J. Feuerstein was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Sandra J. Feuerstein's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Sandra J. Feuerstein 92–0 on September 17, 2003.
Which court was Sandra J. Feuerstein on?: Sandra J. Feuerstein was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Sources

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