Vanessa Lynne Bryant
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by voice vote, Vanessa Lynne Bryant is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. She earned a law degree from University of Connecticut School of Law in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1954 · age 72
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2007
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Howard 1975 · University of Connecticut Law 1978
- Succeeded
- Dominic J. Squatrito
- Succeeded by
- Sarala Vidya Nagala
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | District of Connecticut succeeded Dominic J. Squatrito | 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
| Howard University | B.A. | 1975 |
| University of Connecticut School of Law | J.D. | 1978 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Bryant was assigned 2,531 district-court cases (1991–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 2,517 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 198 of Bryant’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 146 were affirmed, 38 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Bryant authored 63 published opinions for the court (2007–2011). Most cited: Martinez v. CONNECTICUT, STATE LIBRARY (73 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Martinez v. CONNECTICUT, STATE LIBRARY | 817 F. Supp. 2d 28 | 73 |
| 2011 | Odom v. Matteo | 772 F. Supp. 2d 377 | 27 |
| 2010 | Everitt v. DeMarco | 704 F. Supp. 2d 122 | 21 |
| 2007 | Republic Credit Corp. I v. Boyer (In Re Boyer) | 372 B.R. 102 | 16 |
| 2009 | Pizarro v. Kasperzyk | 596 F. Supp. 2d 314 | 14 |
| 2008 | Belanger v. City of Hartford | 578 F. Supp. 2d 360 | 14 |
| 2009 | RBC Nice Bearings, Inc. v. PEER BEARING COMPANY | 676 F. Supp. 2d 9 | 13 |
| 2009 | MUHMMAUD v. Murphy | 632 F. Supp. 2d 171 | 13 |
| 2010 | Caires v. JP Morgan Chase Bank | 745 F. Supp. 2d 40 | 12 |
| 2010 | Desmond v. Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc. | 738 F. Supp. 2d 331 | 12 |
| 2010 | Sawant v. Ramsey | 742 F. Supp. 2d 219 | 11 |
| 2010 | McClain v. PFIZER, INC. | 692 F. Supp. 2d 229 | 10 |
| 2008 | Connecticut Community Bank v. Bank of Greenwich | 578 F. Supp. 2d 405 | 9 |
| 2010 | DiStiso Ex Rel. DiStiso v. Town of Wolcott | 750 F. Supp. 2d 425 | 7 |
| 2010 | Zalaski v. City of Hartford | 704 F. Supp. 2d 159 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 Vanessa Lynne Bryant?
- President George W. Bush appointed Vanessa Lynne Bryant to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 2007.
- Was Vanessa Lynne Bryant appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Vanessa Lynne Bryant was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Vanessa Lynne Bryant's confirmation vote?
- Vanessa Lynne Bryant was confirmed by voice vote on March 28, 2007. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Vanessa Lynne Bryant on?
- Vanessa Lynne Bryant is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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19 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).