U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
65 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Doris L. Pryor
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Amy J. St. Eve
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Joshua Paul Kolar
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Candace Rae Jackson-Akiwumi
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Francis Ryan DuffyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Hardress Nathan SwaimDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
James Earl MajorDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Walter C. LindleyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Walter Emanuel TreanorDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Michael B. Brennan
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Michael Yale Scudder Jr.
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
John Zihun Lee
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Amy Coney BarrettElevated to the U.S. Supreme Court 2020
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Frank H. Easterbrook
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Diane S. SykesSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Diane Pamela WoodRetired 2024
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Thomas Lee Kirsch II
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
David Frank HamiltonSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Ilana Kara Diamond RovnerSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Ann Claire WilliamsRetired 2018
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Terence Thomas EvansDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Kenneth Francis RippleSenior status
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Michael Stephen KanneDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Richard Dickson CudahyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Thomas E. FairchildDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Richard A. PosnerRetired 2017
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
William Morris SparksDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
John Paul StevensDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Walter J. Cummings Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Louis CoffeyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Elmer Jacob SchnackenbergDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
John Simpson HastingsDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Latham CastleDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Louis FitzHenryDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Roger Joseph KileyDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
William Lynn ParkinsonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Winfred George KnochDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Nancy Lee Maldonado
Circuit judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Albert Barnes AndersonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Jesse Ernest EschbachDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Robert Arthur SprecherDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Sherman MintonDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Otto Kerner Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Otto Kerner Sr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Philip J. FinneganDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Rebecca Liane Taibleson
Circuit judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Daniel Anthony ManionDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Daniel TinderRetired 2015
Circuit judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Philip Willis ToneDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
William Joseph BauerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
Christian Cecil KohlsaatDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Evan Alfred EvansDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Francis Elisha BakerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
George True PageDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Harlington Wood Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
James Graham JenkinsDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Samuel AlschulerDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Wilbur Frank Pell Jr.Deceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
William Allen WoodsDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
William Henry SeamanDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Walter Quintin GreshamDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
Joel Martin FlaumDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Luther M. SwygertDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Peter Stenger GrosscupDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
John William ShowalterDeceased
Circuit judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh 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 ↗