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Judge R David Proctor

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge R David Proctor.

Judge R David Proctor has 29,434 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 1992 and 2025, most often Product Liability and Civil Rights matters. The most common causes of action are Fair Labor Standards Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Employment Discrimination.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by
President George W. Bush
Confirmed
09/17/2003
Status
Active
Confirmation vote
92–0
Born
1960 · Atlanta, GA

Judicial record from the Federal Judicial Center biographical directory, via CourtListener.

29,434
Lawsuits
27
Open
29,407
Terminated
1992–2025
Span
27,682 of these cases (94%) are Product Liability filings consolidated as a multidistrict litigation (MDL) — thousands of near-identical suits managed together before this judge. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

Cases by State

AL — 29,434 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 0 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 0 casesFL — 0 casesGA — 0 casesID — 0 casesIL — 0 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 0 casesME — 0 casesMD — 0 casesMA — 0 casesMI — 0 casesMN — 0 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 0 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 0 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 0 casesNC — 0 casesND — 0 casesOH — 0 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 0 casesPA — 0 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 0 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 0 casesTX — 0 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 0 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases

Open Cases Over Time

1992peak 20,098 open2025

Case Types Over Time

19922025
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractLaborFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19922025

Case Types

Product Liability27,682
Civil Rights725
Contract351
Labor236
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions130
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes107

Where Filed

  • District Court, N.D. Alabama29,434
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27,682 Product Liability Member Cases

Near-identical suits consolidated as a multidistrict litigation (94% of the full caseload), managed together before this judge.

Showing 1–50 of 27,682