Who appointed Thomas D. Schroeder?

President George W. Bush appointed Thomas D. Schroeder to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in 2008.

Was Thomas D. Schroeder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Thomas D. Schroeder was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Thomas D. Schroeder's confirmation vote?

Thomas D. Schroeder was confirmed by voice vote on December 14, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Middle District of North Carolina / Appointed 2008 / Active

Thomas D. Schroeder

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas D. Schroeder is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. He earned a law degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1984. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1959 · age 67
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2008
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Kansas 1981 · Notre Dame Law School 1984
Succeeded: Frank William Bullock Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Middle District of North Carolina succeeded Frank William Bullock Jr.	G.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 Kansas	B.S.	1981
Notre Dame Law School	J.D.	1984

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Schroeder was assigned 3,793 district-court cases (1991–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 202 days across 3,441 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas31%

Other civil matters26%

Civil rights9%

Contract6%

Social Security5%

Other federal statutes5%

Other18%

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 587 of Schroeder’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 518 were affirmed, 46 reversed or vacated, and 23 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, Schroeder authored 46 published opinions for the court (2008–2012). Most cited: Pettiford v. City of Greensboro (42 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
2008	Pettiford v. City of Greensboro	556 F. Supp. 2d 512	42
2011	Alexander v. City of Greensboro	801 F. Supp. 2d 429	40
2008	Speed Trac Technologies, Inc. v. Estes Express Lines, Inc.	567 F. Supp. 2d 799	36
2010	DiPaulo v. Potter	733 F. Supp. 2d 666	34
2011	Alexander v. City of Greensboro	762 F. Supp. 2d 764	31
2009	Philips Electronics North America Corp. v. Hope	631 F. Supp. 2d 705	24
2009	Asheboro Paper and Packaging, Inc. v. Dickinson	599 F. Supp. 2d 664	21
2008	Smith v. Computer Task Group, Inc.	568 F. Supp. 2d 603	17
2011	Rebel Debutante LLC v. Forsythe Cosmetic Group, Ltd.	799 F. Supp. 2d 558	16
2009	AARP v. American Family Prepaid Legal Corp., Inc.	604 F. Supp. 2d 785	15
2010	North Carolina Alliance for Transportation Reform, Inc. v. United States Department of Transportation	713 F. Supp. 2d 491	14
2011	Garcia-Contreras v. Brock & Scott, Pllc	775 F. Supp. 2d 808	12
2008	United States v. $7,000.00 in U.S. Currency	583 F. Supp. 2d 725	11
2008	Rutledge v. High Point Regional Health System	558 F. Supp. 2d 611	11
2008	Ivester v. Miller	398 B.R. 408	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 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 Thomas D. Schroeder?: President George W. Bush appointed Thomas D. Schroeder to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in 2008.
Was Thomas D. Schroeder appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Thomas D. Schroeder was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Thomas D. Schroeder's confirmation vote?: Thomas D. Schroeder was confirmed by voice vote on December 14, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Thomas D. Schroeder on?: Thomas D. Schroeder is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.

Sources

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