United States District Court for the District of Columbia
119 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Rudolph Contreras
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Richard J. Leon
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Reggie B. Walton
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Bolitha James LawsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Fred Dickinson LettsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Royce C. Lamberth
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Dabney L. Friedrich
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Carl J. Nichols
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Tanya S. Chutkan
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Beryl A. Howell
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Randolph D. Moss
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Walter Smith CoxDeceased
District judge, appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
Timothy J. Kelly
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Christopher R. Cooper
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Emmet G. Sullivan
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
James E. Boasberg
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Richard Warren RobertsNo longer serving
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Rosemary Elizabeth Mayers CollyerDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Alexander Burton HagnerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
Charles Pinckney JamesDeceased
District judge, appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
Edward Franklin BinghamDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
William Matthews MerrickDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Loren L. AliKhan
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
James RobertsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Amir H. Ali
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Wendell Phillips StaffordRetired 1931
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Job BarnardRetired 1914
District judge, appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
Thomas Henry AndersonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Merit selection
Sparkle Leah Sooknanan
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Oscar Raymond LuhringDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Amit P. Mehta
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Harold Herman GreeneDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Henry Harold Kennedy Jr.No longer serving
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Abram Baldwin OlinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Alexander HoltzoffDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Arthur MacArthurDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
John D. Bates
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Louis Falk OberdorferDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Matthew Francis McGuireDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
John Helm PrattDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Stanley SporkinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
June Lazenby GreenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Amy Berman Jackson
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
David Andrew PineDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Richmond Bowling KeechDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Barrington Daniels Parker Sr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
George Hughes RevercombDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Gerhard Alden GesellDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Garrett PennDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Paul L. Friedman
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Ricardo Manuel UrbinaDeceased
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Burnita Shelton MatthewsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Charles Francis McLaughlinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Edward Matthew CurranDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Gladys KesslerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
James Robert KirklandDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
John Joseph SiricaDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
John Lewis Smith Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Joseph Charles McGarraghyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Joseph Cornelius WaddyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Joyce Hens GreenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Luther Wallace YoungdahlDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Norma Holloway JohnsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Thomas Aquinas FlanneryDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
David Campbell HumphreysDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Howard Francis CorcoranDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Edward Allen TammElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Oliver GaschDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Jesse Corcoran AdkinsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Thomas Penfield JacksonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Trevor N. McFadden
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
William Benson BryantDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Joseph Winston CoxDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Martin V. MontgomeryDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Stanley Sutherland HarrisDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Thomas F. Hogan
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Charles Robert RicheyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
George Luzerne Hart Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
James Ward MorrisDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
William Blakely JonesDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Leonard Patrick WalshDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Edward Clayton EicherDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Andrew Coyle BradleyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Henry Albert SchweinhautDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Thomas Jennings BaileyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Thomas Alan GoldsboroughDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Daniel Thew WrightResigned
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
James Harry CovingtonResigned
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Jia M. Cobb
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
G. Michael Harvey
Magistrate judge
Florence Y. Pan
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
James McPherson ProctorElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Ana C. Reyes
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Walter Maximillian BastianElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Ellen Segal HuvelleRetired 2025
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Frederick Lincoln SiddonsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Michael BoudinRetired 1992
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Harry Morris ClabaughDeceased
District judge, appointed by Merit selection
Walter Irving McCoyRetired 1929
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Moxila A. Upadhyaya
Magistrate judge
Ketanji Brown JacksonRetired 2021
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Zia M. Faruqui
Magistrate judge
Ashley Mulgrave GouldDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
George Purnell FisherDeceased
District judge, appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Andrew WylieDeceased
District judge, appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
David Kellogg CartterDeceased
District judge, appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Robert Leon WilkinsRetired 2014
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
John M. FacciolaNo longer serving
Magistrate judge
Deborah A. RobinsonRetired 2020
Magistrate judge
Alan KayRetired 2016
Magistrate judge
Matthew J. Sharbaugh
Magistrate judge
Robin M. MeriweatherRetired 2024
Magistrate judge
Spottswood William Robinson IIIDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Alfred Adams WheatDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Charles Cleaves ColeDeceased
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Adolph August Hoehling Jr.Resigned
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Daniel William O'DonoghueDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)