Who appointed Tanya Walton Pratt?

President Barack Obama appointed Tanya Walton Pratt to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 2010.

Was Tanya Walton Pratt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Tanya Walton Pratt's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Tanya Walton Pratt 95–0 on June 15, 2010.

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Tanya Walton Pratt

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 95–0, Tanya Walton Pratt is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. She earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1984. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1959 · age 67
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2010
Confirmed: 95–0
Education: Spelman College 1981 · Howard Law 1984
Succeeded: David Frank Hamilton

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Southern District of Indiana succeeded David Frank Hamilton	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 15, 2010 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 185. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 95

54 D, 39 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 5

3 D, 2 R

Education

Spelman College	B.A.	1981
Howard University School of Law	J.D.	1984

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Pratt was assigned 6,878 district-court cases (1995–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 5,752 closed cases.

Other civil matters35%

Civil rights15%

Other federal statutes13%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Personal-injury torts8%

Labor & ERISA6%

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 274 of Pratt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 203 were affirmed, 51 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Pratt authored 18 published opinions for the court (2010–2011). Most cited: Community Pharmacies of Indiana, Inc. v. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration (14 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
2011	Community Pharmacies of Indiana, Inc. v. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration	801 F. Supp. 2d 802	14
2011	Nikish Software Corp. v. Manatron, Inc.	801 F. Supp. 2d 791	8
2010	Hendricks v. New Albany Police Department	749 F. Supp. 2d 863	7
2011	Moore v. SHAWMUT WOODWORKING & SUPPLY, INC.	788 F. Supp. 2d 821	6
2010	Twyman v. Burton	757 F. Supp. 2d 804	5
2011	Ormond v. ANTHEM, INC.	799 F. Supp. 2d 910	4
2010	Lautzenhiser Technologies, LLC v. Sunrise Medical HHG, Inc.	752 F. Supp. 2d 988	2
2011	Lockard v. CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG, IND.	815 F. Supp. 2d 1034	1
2011	Hill-Jackson v. FAF, INC.	808 F. Supp. 2d 1083	1
2011	Promote Innovation LLC v. Roche Diagnostics Corp.	793 F. Supp. 2d 1090	1
2011	Kirk v. City of Kokomo	772 F. Supp. 2d 983	1
2011	Taflinger v. Hindson	771 F. Supp. 2d 931	1
2011	Community Pharmacies of Indiana, Inc. v. Indiana Family and Social Services Administration	823 F. Supp. 2d 876	0
2011	Community Pharmacies of Indiana, Inc. v. Indiana Family & Social Services Administration & Its Subdivision	816 F. Supp. 2d 570	0
2011	Planned Parenthood v. COMMISSIONER OF IND.	794 F. Supp. 2d 892	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 18 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 Walton Pratt?: President Barack Obama appointed Tanya Walton Pratt to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 2010.
Was Tanya Walton Pratt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Tanya Walton Pratt was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Tanya Walton Pratt's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Tanya Walton Pratt 95–0 on June 15, 2010.
Which court is Tanya Walton Pratt on?: Tanya Walton Pratt is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Sources

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