Steven J. McAuliffe
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Steven J. McAuliffe is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1948 · age 78
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Virginia Military Institute 1970 · Georgetown Law Center 1973
- Succeeded
- Norman H. Stahl
- Succeeded by
- Landya B. McCafferty
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | District of New Hampshire succeeded Norman H. Stahl | 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
| Virginia Military Institute | B.A. | 1970 |
| Georgetown University Law Center | J.D. | 1973 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McAuliffe was assigned 3,311 district-court cases (1980–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 252 days across 3,172 closed cases.
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 158 of McAuliffe’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 144 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, McAuliffe authored 96 published opinions for the court (1992–2010). Most cited: Mandziej v. Chater (96 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Mandziej v. Chater | 944 F. Supp. 121 | 96 |
| 1997 | Trovato v. City of Manchester, NH | 992 F. Supp. 493 | 42 |
| 1994 | Eric L. by and Through Schierberl v. Bird | 848 F. Supp. 303 | 30 |
| 1994 | Currier v. Currier | 845 F. Supp. 916 | 24 |
| 1993 | Zeoli v. RIHT Mortgage Corp. | 148 B.R. 698 | 24 |
| 1993 | Colonial Life Insurance Co. of America v. Electronic Data Systems Corp. | 817 F. Supp. 235 | 20 |
| 1996 | Connors v. Suburban Propane Co. | 916 F. Supp. 73 | 15 |
| 1993 | Partlow v. Runyon | 826 F. Supp. 40 | 15 |
| 1993 | Roe v. Sugar River Mills Associates | 820 F. Supp. 636 | 15 |
| 1998 | In Re Grand Jury Proceedings Involving Vickers | 38 F. Supp. 2d 159 | 14 |
| 1997 | Marcotte v. Callahan | 992 F. Supp. 485 | 14 |
| 2006 | ICP Solar Technologies, Inc. v. TAB Consulting, Inc. | 413 F. Supp. 2d 12 | 13 |
| 2009 | D'JAMOOS v. Atlas Aircraft Center, Inc. | 669 F. Supp. 2d 167 | 12 |
| 1994 | In Re Williams | 171 B.R. 451 | 12 |
| 2001 | Bryson v. Shumway | 177 F. Supp. 2d 78 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 96 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 Steven J. McAuliffe?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Steven J. McAuliffe to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire in 1992.
- Was Steven J. McAuliffe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Steven J. McAuliffe 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 Steven J. McAuliffe's confirmation vote?
- Steven J. McAuliffe was confirmed by voice vote on October 8, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Steven J. McAuliffe on?
- Steven J. McAuliffe is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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33 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).