U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
35 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Seth Robert Aframe
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Gustavo A. Gelpi
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Julie G. Rikelman
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Lara E. Montecalvo
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Sandra Lea LynchSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
David J. Barron
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
William J. Kayatta Jr.Senior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Jeffrey R. HowardSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Michael BoudinDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Charles Fletcher JohnsonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Francis Cabot LowellDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Frederic DodgeDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
George Hutchins BinghamDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
George Weston AndersonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
James Madison Morton Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
LeBaron Bradford ColtDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
Scott WilsonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
William LeBaron PutnamDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Joshua Dale Dunlap
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Ojetta Rogeriee ThompsonSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Kermit V. LipezSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Levin Hicks CampbellNo longer serving
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Norman Harold StahlDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Juan R. TorruellaDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Stephen Gerald BreyerElevated to the U.S. Supreme Court 1994
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Edward M. McEnteeDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Hugh H. BownesDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
John Christopher MahoneyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Bailey AldrichDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Calvert MagruderDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Conrad K. CyrDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Frank M. CoffinDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Patrick HartiganDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Peter WoodburyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Bruce Marshall SelyaDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 11, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
Filing
The highly sensitive document motion should accompany a motion to seal and be filed only on paper.
“The motion to treat a document as an HSD should be filed contemporaneously with the filing of a motion to seal the document and should be filed in paper format only under the procedures and requirements of 1st Cir. R. 11.0(c).”
Sealing
To seek highly sensitive document treatment, a filer must move for that designation.
“If a document qualifies as an HSD as that term is described above, a filer is required to file a motion to treat that document as an HSD.”
Sealing
The movant must mail the motion and proposed highly sensitive document to all other parties with proof of service.
“The movant must serve the motion and the proposed HSD on all other parties by mail with proof of service under Fed. R. App. P. 25(d)(1).”