Timothy Seymour Black
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Timothy Seymour Black is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1983. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1953 · age 73
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1975 · Northern Kentucky, Salmon P. Chase College of Law 1983
- Succeeded
- Sandra Shank Beckwith
- Succeeded by
- Jeffery Paul Hopkins
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Southern District of Ohio succeeded Sandra Shank Beckwith | Obama (D) | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Black was assigned 2,183 district-court cases (1983–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 200 days across 2,109 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 187 of Black’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 153 were affirmed, 19 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Black authored 15 published opinions for the court (2010–2011). Most cited: Miller v. Alza Corp. (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Miller v. Alza Corp. | 759 F. Supp. 2d 929 | 21 |
| 2011 | Rikos v. Procter & Gamble Co. | 782 F. Supp. 2d 522 | 12 |
| 2010 | Antioch Litigation Trust v. McDermott Will & Emery LLP | 738 F. Supp. 2d 758 | 12 |
| 2010 | Holler v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance | 737 F. Supp. 2d 883 | 10 |
| 2010 | Fifth Third Mortgage Company v. Chicago Title Insurance Company | 758 F. Supp. 2d 476 | 8 |
| 2010 | Loreto v. Procter & Gamble Co. | 737 F. Supp. 2d 909 | 8 |
| 2010 | Krumpelbeck v. Breg, Inc. | 759 F. Supp. 2d 958 | 7 |
| 2011 | Skinner v. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance | 813 F. Supp. 2d 865 | 6 |
| 2011 | B.H. v. West Clermont Board of Education | 788 F. Supp. 2d 682 | 6 |
| 2010 | Antioch Co. Litigation Trust v. Hardman | 438 B.R. 598 | 3 |
| 2011 | Wheat v. Rieser | 452 B.R. 627 | 1 |
| 2011 | ITS Financial, LLC v. Advent Financial Services, LLC | 823 F. Supp. 2d 758 | 0 |
| 2011 | Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus | 805 F. Supp. 2d 412 | 0 |
| 2010 | Procter & Gamble Co. and Subsidiaries v. United States | 733 F. Supp. 2d 857 | 0 |
| 2010 | G.B. v. Rogers | 703 F. Supp. 2d 724 | 0 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 15 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 Timothy Seymour Black?
- President Barack Obama appointed Timothy Seymour Black to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 2010.
- Was Timothy Seymour Black appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Timothy Seymour Black was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Timothy Seymour Black's confirmation vote?
- Timothy Seymour Black was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Timothy Seymour Black on?
- Timothy Seymour Black is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).