U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
56 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
William Davis ShipmanDeceased
District judge, appointed by James Buchanan (Democratic)
William Kneeland TownsendDeceased
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Charles Anthony IngersollDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
Nathaniel ShipmanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
William Homer TimbersDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Carroll Clark HincksDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
John Joseph SmithDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Robert Palmer AndersonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Arthur H. LatimerRetired 1993
Magistrate judge
William I. GarfinkelRetired 2021
Magistrate judge
Andrew Thompson JudsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
Edwin Stark ThomasDeceased
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Warren Booth BurrowsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Thomas P. SmithRetired 2015
Magistrate judge
F. Owen EaganRetired 1996
Magistrate judge
Holly B. FitzsimmonsRetired 2015
Magistrate judge
Charles S. Haight Jr.Retired 2025
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
Janet C. Hall
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Thomas O. Farrish
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Jon Ormond NewmanRetired 1979
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Robert A. Richardson
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Robert M. Spector
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
James Perry PlattDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Sarah F. Russell
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Mark Richard KravitzDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Alan Harris NevasDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Ellen Lucille Bree BurnsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Peter Collins DorseyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Robert Carmine ZampanoDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Thomas Emmet ClarieDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Thomas Francis Gilroy DalyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Christopher Fitzgerald DroneyElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
José Alberto CabranesElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Mosher Joseph BlumenfeldDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Jose Alberto CabranesElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Sarah Ann Leilani MerriamElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Victor A. Bolden
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Maria E. Garcia
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Jeffrey Alker MeyerRetired 2025
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
S. Dave Vatti
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Alfred V. CovelloRetired 2025
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Warren W. EgintonRetired 2019
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Joan Glazer MargolisRetired 2018
Magistrate judge
Donna F. MartinezRetired 2019
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Vanessa L. BryantRetired 2023
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Dominic J. SquatritoRetired 2021
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Pierpont EdwardsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
Alvin W. Thompson
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Kari A. Dooley
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Sarala V. Nagala
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Omar A. Williams
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Stefan R. Underhill
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Michael P. Shea
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Robert N. Chatigny
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Vernon D. Oliver
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Janet Bond ArtertonRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)