Who appointed Stephen G. Larson?

President George W. Bush appointed Stephen G. Larson to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2006.

Was Stephen G. Larson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Stephen G. Larson 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 G. Larson's confirmation vote?

Stephen G. Larson was confirmed by voice vote on March 16, 2006. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 2006 / Served to 2009

Stephen G. Larson

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006 and confirmed by voice vote, Stephen G. Larson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 1989. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1964 · age 62
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2006
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Georgetown 1986 · University of Southern California Gould Law 1989
Succeeded: Robert J. Timlin
Succeeded by: Jesus Gilberto Bernal

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Central District of California succeeded Robert J. Timlin	G.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

Georgetown University	B.S.	1986
University of Southern California Gould School of Law	J.D.	1989

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Larson was assigned 1,484 district-court cases (1998–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 206 days across 1,484 closed cases.

Civil rights12%

Social Security12%

Contract12%

Other federal statutes12%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Intellectual property11%

Other30%

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 134 of Larson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 111 were affirmed, 19 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Larson authored 41 published opinions for the court (2001–2009). Most cited: Meissl v. Barnhart (54 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
2005	Meissl v. Barnhart	403 F. Supp. 2d 981	54
2008	Craft v. County of San Bernardino	624 F. Supp. 2d 1113	25
2006	Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Iyax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	459 F. Supp. 2d 925	16
2006	Conversive, Inc. v. Conversagent, Inc.	433 F. Supp. 2d 1079	13
2008	Siegel v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.	542 F. Supp. 2d 1098	12
2006	Quon v. Arch Wireless Operating Co., Inc.	445 F. Supp. 2d 1116	12
2006	Trustees of the Southern California Pipe Trades Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Temecula Mechanical, Inc.	438 F. Supp. 2d 1156	12
2009	Pearson v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.	659 F. Supp. 2d 1084	9
2009	Siegel v. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.	658 F. Supp. 2d 1036	9
2009	Lincoln National Life Insurance v. Gordon R.A. Fishman Irrevocable Life Trust	638 F. Supp. 2d 1170	9
2006	Craft v. County of San Bernardino	468 F. Supp. 2d 1172	9
2007	Siegel v. Time Warner Inc.	496 F. Supp. 2d 1111	7
2009	Milot v. Haws	628 F. Supp. 2d 1152	6
2008	McCarns v. Dexter	534 F. Supp. 2d 1138	5
2006	Miller v. California Speedway Corp.	453 F. Supp. 2d 1193	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 41 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 G. Larson?: President George W. Bush appointed Stephen G. Larson to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 2006.
Was Stephen G. Larson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Stephen G. Larson 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 G. Larson's confirmation vote?: Stephen G. Larson was confirmed by voice vote on March 16, 2006. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Stephen G. Larson on?: Stephen G. Larson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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