Who appointed Stephen P. Friot?

President George W. Bush appointed Stephen P. Friot to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in 2001.

Was Stephen P. Friot appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Stephen P. Friot was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Stephen P. Friot's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Stephen P. Friot 98–0 on November 6, 2001.

Western District of Oklahoma / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2014

Stephen P. Friot

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Stephen P. Friot is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He earned a law degree from University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: University of Oklahoma 1969 · University of Oklahoma College of Law 1972
Succeeded: Wayne Edward Alley
Succeeded by: Scott Lawrence Palk

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2001	Western District of Oklahoma succeeded Wayne Edward Alley	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on November 6, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 327. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

49 D, 48 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 2

1 D, 1 R

George Allen(R-VA)
Robert Torricelli(D-NJ)

Education

University of Oklahoma	B.A.	1969
University of Oklahoma College of Law	J.D.	1972

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Friot was assigned 3,141 district-court cases (1995–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 196 days across 3,140 closed cases.

Civil rights20%

Contract17%

Personal-injury torts14%

Other federal statutes10%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Other civil matters8%

Other20%

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 217 of Friot’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 197 were affirmed, 14 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Friot authored 26 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Dobbs v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (19 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
2011	Dobbs v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals	797 F. Supp. 2d 1264	19
2009	Graves v. Mazda Motor Corp.	675 F. Supp. 2d 1082	18
2008	Thomas v. Metropolitan Life Insurance	540 F. Supp. 2d 1212	16
2004	Cox v. United States	345 F. Supp. 2d 1218	9
2005	Comanche Nation, Okl. v. United States	393 F. Supp. 2d 1196	8
2006	Action Wholesale Liquors v. Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission	463 F. Supp. 2d 1294	5
2002	Robey-Harcourt v. Bencorp Financial Co., Inc.	212 F. Supp. 2d 1332	5
2010	K-Mar Industries, Inc. v. United States Department of Defense	752 F. Supp. 2d 1207	4
2009	Langford v. GRADY COUNTY DETENTION CENTER	670 F. Supp. 2d 1213	4
2008	Dixie Aire Title Services, Inc. v. SPW, L.L.C.	389 B.R. 222	4
2004	Atlas Tel. Co. v. CORPORATION COM'N OF OKLAHOMA	309 F. Supp. 2d 1299	4
2009	NAHNO-LOPEZ v. Houser	627 F. Supp. 2d 1269	3
2008	National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. NWM-OKLAHOMA	546 F. Supp. 2d 1238	3
2005	Ward v. HEALTHSOUTH CORP.	393 F. Supp. 2d 1213	3
2011	Palmer v. BD. OF COM'RS FOR PAYNE COUNTY OKLAHOMA	765 F. Supp. 2d 1289	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 26 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 Stephen P. Friot?: President George W. Bush appointed Stephen P. Friot to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in 2001.
Was Stephen P. Friot appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Stephen P. Friot was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Stephen P. Friot's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Stephen P. Friot 98–0 on November 6, 2001.
Which court is Stephen P. Friot on?: Stephen P. Friot is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Sources

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