Who appointed Tanya Sue Chutkan?

President Barack Obama appointed Tanya Sue Chutkan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.

Was Tanya Sue Chutkan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Tanya Sue Chutkan was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Tanya Sue Chutkan's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Tanya Sue Chutkan 95–0 on June 4, 2014.

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Tanya Sue Chutkan

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, Tanya Sue Chutkan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1987. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1962 · age 64
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2014
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: George Washington 1983 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1987

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	District of Columbia	Obama (D)	95–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 95–0 on June 4, 2014 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 173. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

51 D, 42 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 5

2 D, 3 R

Education

George Washington University	B.A.	1983
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	J.D.	1987

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Chutkan was assigned 2,037 district-court cases (1993–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 284 days across 1,428 closed cases.

Other federal statutes27%

Other civil matters23%

Criminal14%

Civil rights8%

Personal-injury torts8%

Immigration5%

Other14%

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 162 of Chutkan’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 108 were affirmed, 43 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Chutkan authored 914 published opinions for the court (2014–2026). Most cited: Save Jobs USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (72 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
2015	Save Jobs USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security	105 F. Supp. 3d 108	72
2015	Greer v. Board of Trustees University of District of Columbia	113 F. Supp. 3d 297	63
2016	Walden v. Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute	177 F. Supp. 3d 336	28
2015	Welsh v. Hagler	83 F. Supp. 3d 212	27
2015	Klayman v. Obama	125 F. Supp. 3d 67	26
2015	Roe v. Bernabei & Wachtel Pllc	85 F. Supp. 3d 89	25
2016	Vick v. Donahoe	172 F. Supp. 3d 285	24
2015	Redmon v. United States Capitol Police	80 F. Supp. 3d 79	23
2014	Electronic Privacy Informationa Center v. Federal Bureau of Investigation	72 F. Supp. 3d 338	23
2015	Kemp v. Eiland	139 F. Supp. 3d 329	22
2016	Bartlette v. Hyatt Regency	208 F. Supp. 3d 311	21
2016	Louis v. Hagel	177 F. Supp. 3d 401	19
2017	Brokenborough v. District of Columbia	236 F. Supp. 3d 41	18
2017	Johnson v. United States of America	239 F. Supp. 3d 38	16
2015	Hall & Associates v. United States Environmental Protection Agency	83 F. Supp. 3d 92	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 914 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 Tanya Sue Chutkan?: President Barack Obama appointed Tanya Sue Chutkan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.
Was Tanya Sue Chutkan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Tanya Sue Chutkan was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Tanya Sue Chutkan's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Tanya Sue Chutkan 95–0 on June 4, 2014.
Which court is Tanya Sue Chutkan on?: Tanya Sue Chutkan is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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