United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
67 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Mark Gerald Mastroianni
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Angel Kelley
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Indira Talwani
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Margaret R. Guzman
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Patti Barbara Saris
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
George A. O'Toole Jr.
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Frank Dennis Saylor IV
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Richard Gaylore Stearns
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Mark Lawrence WolfRetired 2025
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Douglas Preston Woodlock
appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Arthur Daniel Healey
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.Retired 1971
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Anthony JulianRetired 1972
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Francis Joseph William FordRetired 1972
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
George Clinton SweeneyRetired 1966
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
William T. McCarthyRetired 1960
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
John LowellRetired 1879
District judge, appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Denise Jefferson Casper
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nathaniel Matheson Gorton
appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Walter Jay SkinnerRetired 1992
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.Retired 1985
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
David Sutherland NelsonRetired 1991
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Frank Harlan FreedmanRetired 1992
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
A. David MazzoneRetired 1993
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Frank Jerome MurrayRetired 1977
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Joseph McNaughtRetired 1991
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Rya Weickert ZobelRetired 2014
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Andrew Augustine CaffreyRetired 1986
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Joseph Louis TauroRetired 2013
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Robert Ernest KeetonRetired 2006
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Leo Theodore Sorokin
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Peleg SpragueRetired 1865
District judge, appointed by John Tyler (Whig)
Elisha Hume BrewsterRetired 1946
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Hugh Dean McLellanRetired 1941
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Thomas Leverett NelsonRetired 1897
District judge, appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
James Arnold LowellRetired 1933
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
William Glover Young
appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Reginald Carl LindsayRetired 2009
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Timothy Spafard HillmanRetired 2024
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Allison Dale Burroughs
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
John DavisRetired 1841
District judge, appointed by John Adams (Federalist)
Marianne B. Bowler
appointed by Merit selection
Edward Francis HarringtonRetired 2001
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Michael Adrian Ponsor
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Judith Gail Dein
appointed by Merit selection
Levin Hicks CampbellRetired 1972
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Nancy GertnerRetired 2011
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Bailey AldrichRetired 1959
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
James Madison Morton Jr.Retired 1932
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Katherine A. Robertson
Magistrate judge
Jerome J. NiedermeierRetired 2009
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Paul G. Levenson
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Kenneth P. NeimanRetired 2015
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
John LowellRetired 1801
District judge, appointed by George Washington (Federalist)
Francis Cabot LowellDeceased
District judge, appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
Frederic DodgeDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
M. Page Kelley
appointed by Merit selection
Myong Jin Joun
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Jennifer C. Boal
appointed by Merit selection
Levin Hicks CampbellElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Jessica D. Hedges
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Robert B. CollingsRetired 2014
appointed by Merit selection
Christopher L. Morgan
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Brian Edward Murphy
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Julia Eleanor Kobick
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
David H. Hennessy
appointed by Merit selection
Donald L. Cabell
appointed by Merit selection