Who appointed William B. Shubb?

President George H.W. Bush appointed William B. Shubb to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1990.

Was William B. Shubb appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was William B. Shubb's confirmation vote?

William B. Shubb was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of California / Appointed 1990 / Senior status since 2004

William B. Shubb

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

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, William B. Shubb is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1938 · age 88
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1990
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of California, Berkeley 1960 · University of California, Berkeley, Law 1963
Succeeded: Raul Anthony Ramirez

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	Eastern District of California succeeded Raul Anthony Ramirez	G.H.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

University of California, Berkeley	A.B.	1960
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law	J.D.	1963

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Shubb was assigned 8,287 district-court cases (1974–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 227 days across 7,762 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas32%

Other civil matters23%

Civil rights14%

Contract7%

Other federal statutes6%

Personal-injury torts4%

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 355 of Shubb’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 276 were affirmed, 43 reversed or vacated, and 36 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, Shubb authored 105 published opinions for the court (1991–2011). Most cited: Burch v. Regents of the University of California (293 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	Burch v. Regents of the University of California	433 F. Supp. 2d 1110	293
2010	Lane v. Vitek Real Estate Industries Group	713 F. Supp. 2d 1092	83
1995	Calvert v. Huckins	875 F. Supp. 674	67
1991	Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribe of the Benton Paiute Resrvation v. Department of Interior	773 F. Supp. 1383	33
2008	Schwarm v. Craighead	552 F. Supp. 2d 1056	31
2002	Pickern v. Best Western Timber Cove Lodge Marina Resort	194 F. Supp. 2d 1128	28
2009	Castaneda v. Saxon Mortgage Services, Inc.	687 F. Supp. 2d 1191	27
2002	United States v. Miles	228 F. Supp. 2d 1130	26
1995	California Ex Rel. California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Hyampom Lumber Co.	903 F. Supp. 1389	24
1991	United States v. Hughes	775 F. Supp. 348	22
1998	Spence v. Mendoza	993 F. Supp. 785	18
1992	Haley v. Commissioner	805 F. Supp. 834	18
1997	Stern v. California State Archives	982 F. Supp. 690	15
1996	Pietro Culotta Grapes Ltd. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.	917 F. Supp. 713	15
1995	Hamm v. American Home Products Corp.	888 F. Supp. 1037	14

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 William B. Shubb?: President George H.W. Bush appointed William B. Shubb to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1990.
Was William B. Shubb appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William B. Shubb was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William B. Shubb's confirmation vote?: William B. Shubb was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is William B. Shubb on?: William B. Shubb is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Sources

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