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.
Gustavo A. Gelpi
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Seth Robert Aframe
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Julie G. Rikelman
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Sandra Lea Lynch
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
David J. Barron
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Lara E. Montecalvo
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Michael BoudinRetired 2021
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)
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
William J. Kayatta Jr.
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Kermit V. Lipez
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Jeffrey R. Howard
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Levin Hicks CampbellNo longer serving
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Norman Harold StahlRetired 2023
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Juan R. TorruellaRetired 2020
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Joshua Dale Dunlap
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Stephen Gerald BreyerElevated to a higher court
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
John Christopher MahoneyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Edward M. McEnteeRetired 1981
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Hugh H. BownesRetired 2003
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Bailey AldrichRetired 2002
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Calvert MagruderRetired 1968
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Conrad K. CyrRetired 2016
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Frank M. CoffinRetired 2009
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Patrick HartiganRetired 1968
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Peter WoodburyRetired 1970
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Bruce Marshall SelyaRetired 2025
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)