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Portrait of Timothy Lloyd Brooks

Timothy Lloyd Brooks

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by the Senate 1000, Timothy Lloyd Brooks is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. He earned a law degree from University of Arkansas School of Law in 1989. Sources ↓

Born
1964 · age 62
Appointed by
Barack Obama, 2014
Confirmed
100–0
Education
University of Arkansas 1986 · University of Arkansas Law 1989

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2014Western District of ArkansasObama (D)100–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 1000 on March 5, 2014 · 113th Congress, Roll Call 54. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 100

53 D, 45 R, 2 I

Education

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Brooks was assigned 2,531 district-court cases (1996–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 185 days across 1,980 closed cases.

Other civil matters54%
Prisoner & habeas12%
Civil rights6%
Contract6%
Personal-injury torts5%
Other federal statutes4%
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 163 of Brooks’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 131 were affirmed, 21 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.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Timothy Lloyd Brooks?
President Barack Obama appointed Timothy Lloyd Brooks to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas in 2014.
Was Timothy Lloyd Brooks appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Timothy Lloyd Brooks was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Timothy Lloyd Brooks's confirmation vote?
The Senate confirmed Timothy Lloyd Brooks 100–0 on March 5, 2014.
Which court is Timothy Lloyd Brooks on?
Timothy Lloyd Brooks is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Sources

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