United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
29 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Joseph Henry McKinley Jr.
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Charles Ralph Simpson III
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Benjamin Joel Beaton
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Rebecca Grady Jennings
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Regina S. Edwards
Magistrate judge
Shackelford Miller Jr.Elevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Charles Mengel AllenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Henry Luesing BrooksElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Elwood HamiltonElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
H. Brent Brennenstuhl
Magistrate judge
Lanny King
Magistrate judge
Thomas Austin Ballantine Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democrat)
Mac SwinfordDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Charles Irving DawsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
James Fleming GordonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Ronald Edward MeredithDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Roy Mahlon ShelbourneDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Walter EvansDeceased
District judge, appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
Thomas Banister RussellRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Clifton Rhodes BratcherDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Edward Huggins JohnstoneDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Jennifer B. CoffmanRetired 2013
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Eugene Edward Siler Jr.Elevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
Justin Reed WalkerElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Gregory N. Stivers
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
John Gilpin Heyburn IIDeceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Charles Harwood MoormanElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Colin H. Lindsay
Magistrate judge
David J. Hale
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)