Who appointed William Q. Hayes?

President George W. Bush appointed William Q. Hayes to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 2003.

Was William Q. Hayes appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Q. Hayes was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William Q. Hayes's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed William Q. Hayes 98–0 on October 2, 2003.

Southern District of California / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2021

William Q. Hayes

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, William Q. Hayes is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1983. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: 98–0
Education: Syracuse 1978 · Syracuse College of Law 1983

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Southern District of California	G.W. Bush (R)	98–0

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

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–0 on October 2, 2003 · 108th Congress, Roll Call 375. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

46 D, 51 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 2

2 D

Bob Graham(D-FL)
Joe Lieberman(D-CT)

Education

Syracuse University	B.S.	1978
Syracuse University College of Law	J.D.	1983
Syracuse University College of Business Administration	M.B.A.	1983

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hayes was assigned 2,873 district-court cases (1969–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 168 days across 2,647 closed cases.

Other civil matters19%

Other federal statutes15%

Civil rights15%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Contract8%

Intellectual property5%

Other23%

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 268 of Hayes’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 224 were affirmed, 33 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.

In our data, Hayes authored 31 published opinions for the court (2004–2011). Most cited: Marsh v. San Diego County (33 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
2006	Marsh v. San Diego County	432 F. Supp. 2d 1035	33
2006	Hubbard v. Rite Aid Corp.	433 F. Supp. 2d 1150	33
2011	Grabowski v. C.H. Robinson Co.	817 F. Supp. 2d 1159	28
2009	Lorenzo v. Qualcomm Inc.	603 F. Supp. 2d 1291	16
2010	Chaconas v. JP Morgan Chase Bank	713 F. Supp. 2d 1180	11
2009	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Retail Pro, Inc.	673 F. Supp. 2d 1108	10
2006	Wilson v. Costco Wholesale Corp.	426 F. Supp. 2d 1115	10
2005	GET OUTDOORS II, LLC v. City of San Diego	381 F. Supp. 2d 1250	8
2010	Kenneally v. Bank of Nova Scotia	711 F. Supp. 2d 1174	7
2006	Jones v. Wild Oats Markets, Inc.	467 F. Supp. 2d 1004	6
2010	Love v. Scribner	691 F. Supp. 2d 1215	5
2007	Wilson v. PFS, LLC	493 F. Supp. 2d 1122	4
2008	Norwood v. Woodford	583 F. Supp. 2d 1200	3
2008	San Diego Minutemen v. California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency's Department of Transportation	570 F. Supp. 2d 1229	3
2007	Joas v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance	621 F. Supp. 2d 1001	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 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 William Q. Hayes?: President George W. Bush appointed William Q. Hayes to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 2003.
Was William Q. Hayes appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Q. Hayes was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Q. Hayes's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed William Q. Hayes 98–0 on October 2, 2003.
Which court is William Q. Hayes on?: William Q. Hayes is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Sources

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