Who appointed Saundra Brown Armstrong?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Saundra Brown Armstrong to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1991.

Was Saundra Brown Armstrong appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Saundra Brown Armstrong was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Saundra Brown Armstrong's confirmation vote?

Saundra Brown Armstrong was confirmed by voice vote on June 14, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of California / Appointed 1991 / Senior status since 2012

Saundra Brown Armstrong

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Saundra Brown Armstrong is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. She earned a law degree from University of San Francisco School of Law in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1991
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: California State, Fresno 1969 · University of San Francisco Law 1977
Succeeded: William Austin Ingram
Succeeded by: Jon Steven Tigar

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	Northern District of California succeeded William Austin Ingram	G.H.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

Merritt College	A.A.	1967
California State University, Fresno	B.A.	1969
University of San Francisco School of Law	J.D.	1977
Pacific School of Religion	M.Div.	2012

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Armstrong was assigned 6,707 district-court cases (1985–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 6,702 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas21%

Civil rights16%

Contract12%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other federal statutes10%

Personal-injury torts9%

Other21%

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 188 of Armstrong’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 151 were affirmed, 25 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, Armstrong authored 81 published opinions for the court (1991–2011). Most cited: In Re Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wage & Hour Litigation (95 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
2007	In Re Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wage & Hour Litigation	505 F. Supp. 2d 609	95
2001	In Re Splash Technology Holdings Inc. Securities Litigation	160 F. Supp. 2d 1059	61
1992	Allstate Insurance v. Chaney	804 F. Supp. 1219	41
2008	Intersearch Worldwide, Ltd. v. Intersearch Group, Inc.	544 F. Supp. 2d 949	38
2007	Dong v. Chertoff	513 F. Supp. 2d 1158	25
1994	Bloom v. Martin	865 F. Supp. 1377	25
2001	Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation	138 F. Supp. 2d 1228	24
1994	Ford v. New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc.	857 F. Supp. 707	22
2004	Optinrealbig. Com, LLC v. Ironport Systems, Inc.	323 F. Supp. 2d 1037	21
1991	Levin Metals, Corp. v. Parr-Richmond Terminal Co.	781 F. Supp. 1454	21
2000	Forcier v. Microsoft Corp.	123 F. Supp. 2d 520	20
2011	Lewis v. UBS Financial Services Inc.	818 F. Supp. 2d 1161	19
2003	City of Arcadia v. United States Environmental Protection Agency	265 F. Supp. 2d 1142	19
2010	Doe 1 v. AOL LLC	719 F. Supp. 2d 1102	17
2010	Cota v. Maxwell-Jolly	688 F. Supp. 2d 980	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 81 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 Saundra Brown Armstrong?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Saundra Brown Armstrong to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1991.
Was Saundra Brown Armstrong appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Saundra Brown Armstrong was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Saundra Brown Armstrong's confirmation vote?: Saundra Brown Armstrong was confirmed by voice vote on June 14, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Saundra Brown Armstrong on?: Saundra Brown Armstrong is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Sources

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