United States District Court for the District of Colorado
47 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Edward Willis Nottingham Jr.Retired 2008
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
William Edward DoyleRetired 1971
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Zita Leeson WeinshienkRetired 2011
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Fred M. WinnerRetired 1984
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
James R. CarriganRetired 1995
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Kathryn A. Starnella
Magistrate judge
Sherman Glenn FinesilverRetired 1994
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Richard Paul MatschRetired 2019
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Moses HallettRetired 1906
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Daniel B. SparrRetired 2006
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
John Foster SymesRetired 1950
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Wiley Young DanielRetired 2019
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
William Lee KnousRetired 1959
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Olin Hatfield ChilsonRetired 1973
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Alfred Albert ArrajRetired 1976
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
John Carbone PorfilioElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Phillip S. FigaRetired 2008
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Walker David MillerRetired 2011
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Shane Kato Crews
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Christine Marie Arguello
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Robert Edward Blackburn
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Gordon Paul Gallagher
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Charlotte Noelle Sweeney
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Scott T. Varholak
Magistrate judge
Kristen L. MixRetired 2023
Magistrate judge
Richard Brooke Jackson
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Daniel Desmond Domenico
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Norman Reid Neureiter
Magistrate judge
John Lawrence Kane Jr.
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Raymond Paul Moore
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Craig B. ShafferDeceased
Magistrate judge
Kathleen M. TafoyaRetired 2022
Magistrate judge
Timothy P. O'Hara
Magistrate judge
Robert E. LewisElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Maritza Dominguez Braswell
Magistrate judge
Jean Sala BreitensteinElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Michael E. HegartyRetired 2025
Magistrate judge
Philip Andrew Brimmer
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Regina Marie Rodriguez
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
William Joseph Martínez
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nina Nin-Yuen Wang
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Susan B. Prose
Magistrate judge
James M. Candelaria
Magistrate judge
Richard T. Gurley
Magistrate judge
Lewis Thornton Babcock
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Cyrus Y. Chung
Magistrate judge
Marcia Smith Krieger
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)