United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
16 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Henry Thomas ReedRetired 1924
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
George Cromwell ScottRetired 1948
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Oliver Perry ShirasRetired 1903
District judge, appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
Henry Norman GravenRetired 1970
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Donald Eugene O'BrienRetired 2015
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
William Cook HansonRetired 1995
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Michael Joseph Melloy
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
David Rasmussen HansenElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Edward Joseph McManusRetired 2017
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Charles Joseph Williams
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Leonard Terry Strand
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Mark A. Roberts
Linda Rae Reade
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Mark Warren BennettRetired 2019
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Kelly K.E. Mahoney
Jon Stuart ScolesRetired 2016
Magistrate judge