Who appointed Susan Oki Mollway?

President William J. Clinton appointed Susan Oki Mollway to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1998.

Was Susan Oki Mollway appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Susan Oki Mollway was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Susan Oki Mollway's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Susan Oki Mollway 56–34 on June 22, 1998.

District of Hawaii / Appointed 1998 / Senior status since 2015

Susan Oki Mollway

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by the Senate 56–34, Susan Oki Mollway is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: 56–34
Education: University of Hawaii 1971 · Harvard Law School 1981
Succeeded: Harold Michael Fong
Succeeded by: Jill Aiko Otake

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	District of Hawaii succeeded Harold Michael Fong	Clinton (D)	56–34

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 56–34 on June 22, 1998 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 166. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 56

42 D, 14 R

Voted against · 34

34 R

Did not vote · 10

3 D, 7 R

Education

University of Hawaii	B.A.	1971
University of Hawaii	M.A.	1973
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Mollway was assigned 2,499 district-court cases (1990–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 2,497 closed cases.

Civil rights25%

Contract14%

Personal-injury torts13%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Other federal statutes7%

Labor & ERISA6%

Other25%

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 221 of Mollway’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 187 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Mollway authored 112 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: Kaua v. Frank (21 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
2004	Kaua v. Frank	350 F. Supp. 2d 848	21
2003	Kanae v. Hodson	294 F. Supp. 2d 1179	20
2001	Mukaida v. Hawaii	159 F. Supp. 2d 1211	20
2011	Abbey v. HAWAII EMPLOYERS MUT. INS. CO.(HEMIC)	760 F. Supp. 2d 1005	17
2003	Stow v. Murashige	288 F. Supp. 2d 1122	17
2011	McNally v. University of Hawaii	780 F. Supp. 2d 1037	16
2001	Makua v. Rumsfeld	163 F. Supp. 2d 1202	16
2000	R.L. Investment Ltd. Partners v. Immigration & Naturalization Service	86 F. Supp. 2d 1014	16
2000	Pahk v. Hawaii	109 F. Supp. 2d 1262	14
2000	Valrose Maui, Inc. v. MacLyn Morris, Inc.	105 F. Supp. 2d 1118	14
2008	AlohaCare v. Hawaii, Department of Human Services	567 F. Supp. 2d 1238	12
2008	U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. NCL America, Inc.	535 F. Supp. 2d 1149	12
2003	Resnick v. Rowe	283 F. Supp. 2d 1128	12
2002	Sambor v. Omnia Credit Services, Inc.	183 F. Supp. 2d 1234	12
2000	Bennett v. Yoshina	98 F. Supp. 2d 1139	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 112 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 Susan Oki Mollway?: President William J. Clinton appointed Susan Oki Mollway to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1998.
Was Susan Oki Mollway appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Susan Oki Mollway was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Susan Oki Mollway's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Susan Oki Mollway 56–34 on June 22, 1998.
Which court is Susan Oki Mollway on?: Susan Oki Mollway is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Sources

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