Who appointed Stephen M. McNamee?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Stephen M. McNamee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 1990.

Was Stephen M. McNamee appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Stephen M. McNamee 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 Stephen M. McNamee's confirmation vote?

Stephen M. McNamee was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Arizona / Appointed 1990 / Senior status since 2007

Stephen M. McNamee

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, Stephen M. McNamee is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1969. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1942 · age 84
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1990
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Cincinnati 1964 · University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) 1969
Succeeded: Charles Leach Hardy
Succeeded by: G. Murray Snow

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	District of Arizona succeeded Charles Leach Hardy	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

University of Cincinnati	B.A.	1964
University of Arizona	M.A.	1967
University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law)	J.D.	1969

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, McNamee was assigned 6,032 district-court cases (1977–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 245 days across 5,851 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas39%

Contract12%

Civil rights12%

Other civil matters9%

Other federal statutes6%

Personal-injury torts6%

Other16%

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 205 of McNamee’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 150 were affirmed, 38 reversed or vacated, and 17 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, McNamee authored 38 published opinions for the court (1991–2010). Most cited: O'Brien v. United States Department of Justice (18 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
1995	O'Brien v. United States Department of Justice	927 F. Supp. 382	18
2007	Ranch Realty, Inc. v. DC RANCH REALTY, LLC	614 F. Supp. 2d 983	15
1997	333 West Thomas Medical Building Enterprises v. Soetantyo	976 F. Supp. 1298	12
1993	Tohono O'Odham Nation v. Schwartz	837 F. Supp. 1024	12
2007	State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Broan Manufacturing Co.	523 F. Supp. 2d 992	9
2001	Del Real v. Healthsouth Corp.	171 F. Supp. 2d 1041	9
2009	Horton v. Phoenix Fuels, Co., Inc.	611 F. Supp. 2d 977	7
2007	Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc.	486 F. Supp. 2d 990	7
1995	United States Trustee v. Hirsch (In Re Ehrman)	184 B.R. 362	7
2007	Administrative Committee for the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Associates' Health & Welfare Plan v. Salazar	525 F. Supp. 2d 1103	6
1997	Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	967 F. Supp. 1166	6
1994	Sabelko v. City of Phoenix	846 F. Supp. 810	6
2008	Hawn v. Executive Jet Management, Inc.	546 F. Supp. 2d 703	5
1992	Resolution Trust Corp. v. Freeway Land Investors	798 F. Supp. 593	5
2010	Rause v. Paperchine, Inc.	743 F. Supp. 2d 1114	4

Showing the 15 most-cited of 38 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 M. McNamee?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Stephen M. McNamee to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 1990.
Was Stephen M. McNamee appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Stephen M. McNamee 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 Stephen M. McNamee's confirmation vote?: Stephen M. McNamee was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Stephen M. McNamee on?: Stephen M. McNamee is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Sources

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