Wiley Young Daniel
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Wiley Young Daniel was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1946–2019
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Howard 1968 · Howard Law 1971
- Succeeded
- Sherman Glenn Finesilver
- Succeeded by
- Raymond Paul Moore
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | District of Colorado succeeded Sherman Glenn Finesilver | Clinton (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
| Howard University | B.A. | 1968 |
| Howard University School of Law | J.D. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Daniel was assigned 7,928 district-court cases (1973–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 7,881 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 189 of Daniel’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 164 were affirmed, 11 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, Daniel authored 105 published opinions for the court (1995–2011). Most cited: Doe v. Heil (510 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Doe v. Heil | 781 F. Supp. 2d 1134 | 510 |
| 2011 | HealthONE of Denver, Inc. v. UnitedHealth Group Inc. | 805 F. Supp. 2d 1115 | 35 |
| 2005 | Baldozier v. American Family Mutual Insurance | 375 F. Supp. 2d 1089 | 34 |
| 1997 | U.S. West Communications, Inc. v. Hix | 986 F. Supp. 13 | 30 |
| 2002 | Colorado Ex Rel. Salazar v. ACE Cash Express, Inc. | 188 F. Supp. 2d 1282 | 18 |
| 1999 | Shangraw v. Etcheverry (In Re Etcheverry) | 242 B.R. 503 | 16 |
| 1995 | McKenzie v. Atlantic Richfield Co. | 906 F. Supp. 572 | 16 |
| 2008 | Lieberman v. Tabachnik | 625 F. Supp. 2d 1109 | 15 |
| 1997 | Marsh v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 952 F. Supp. 1458 | 15 |
| 1998 | Rowan v. Vail Holdings, Inc. | 31 F. Supp. 2d 889 | 14 |
| 2004 | Beebe v. Heil | 333 F. Supp. 2d 1011 | 13 |
| 1997 | Martinez v. Ensor | 958 F. Supp. 515 | 12 |
| 1996 | REO Sales, Inc. v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America | 925 F. Supp. 1491 | 11 |
| 2011 | McMillan v. Wiley | 813 F. Supp. 2d 1238 | 10 |
| 2010 | Cross Continent Development, LLC v. Town of Akron | 742 F. Supp. 2d 1179 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 Wiley Young Daniel?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Wiley Young Daniel to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 1995.
- Was Wiley Young Daniel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Wiley Young Daniel was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Wiley Young Daniel's confirmation vote?
- Wiley Young Daniel was confirmed by voice vote on June 30, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Wiley Young Daniel on?
- Wiley Young Daniel was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).