U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
76 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Stephanos Bibas
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Cheryl Ann Krause
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Thomas Lee Ambro
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Julio M. Fuentes
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Peter Joseph Phipps
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Patty Shwartz
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Thomas Michael Hardiman
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
William H. HastieRetired 1976
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
D. Michael Fisher
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Luis Felipe Restrepo
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Michael A. Chagares
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Arianna Julia Freeman
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Jane R. Roth
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Theodore A. McKee
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
David Brookman SmithRetired 2021
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Maryanne Trump BarryRetired 2019
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Abraham Lincoln FreedmanDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Albert Branson MarisDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Austin Leander StaleyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Carol Los MansmannDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Charles Alvin JonesDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Collins J. SeitzRetired 1998
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Franklin Stuart Van AntwerpenDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
James Cullen GaneyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
John Biggs Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Joseph Francis Weis Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Michael ChertoffResigned
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Phillip FormanDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Thomas Ignatius VanaskieRetired 2019
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Timothy Kimbrue LewisResigned
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
William ClarkDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
William David HutchinsonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.Elevated to a higher court
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
William Francis SmithDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Francis Lund Van DusenDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Joseph O'ConnellDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Francis Beverley BiddleDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Haddon Lee SarokinRetired 1996
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Cindy Kyounga Chung
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
David Henry StahlDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Richard L. Nygaard
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Walter King StapletonRetired 2024
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Anthony J. Scirica
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Marjorie O. Rendell
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Arlin M. AdamsRetired 1987
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Edward R. BeckerRetired 2006
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Ruggero J. AldisertRetired 2014
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.Retired 1993
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
John J. GibbonsRetired 1990
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Max RosennRetired 2006
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Dolores Korman SloviterRetired 2022
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr.Retired 2023
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Leonard I. GarthRetired 2016
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Kent Amos JordanRetired 2025
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Robert E. CowenNo longer serving
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
George GrayDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William McKinley (Democratic)
George Mifflin DallasDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Gerald McLaughlinDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Harry Ellis KalodnerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Herbert Funk GoodrichDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
James Hunter IIIRetired 1989
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
John Bayard McPhersonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William Howard Taft
John Warren DavisDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Joseph BuffingtonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Joseph Whitaker ThompsonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover
Marcus Wilson AchesonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Victor Baynard WoolleyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson
William Mershon LanningDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Thomas Griffith HaightDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson
Robert Wodrow ArchbaldDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William Howard Taft
Jennifer Lee Mascott
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
James RosenDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
David J. Porter
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Paul B. Matey
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Morton I. GreenbergRetired 2021
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)