U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
78 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Mark Allan Goldsmith
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Ross WilkinsRetired 1870
District judge, appointed by Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
Henry Harrison SwanRetired 1911
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Arthur J. TuttleRetired 1944
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Henry Billings BrownRetired 1890
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
John Wesley LongyearRetired 1875
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Arthur A. KoscinskiRetired 1957
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Arthur F. LederleRetired 1972
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Frank Albert PicardRetired 1963
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Frederick William KaessRetired 1979
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
John FeikensRetired 2011
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Ralph McKenzie FreemanRetired 1990
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Thomas Patrick ThorntonRetired 1985
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Philip PrattRetired 1989
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Stephen John RothRetired 1974
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Theodore LevinRetired 1970
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Ernest Aloysius O'BrienRetired 1948
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Talbot SmithRetired 1978
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Lawrence GubowRetired 1978
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Thaddeus Michael MachrowiczRetired 1970
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Edward Julien MoinetRetired 1952
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Alexis Caswell AngellRetired 1912
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Robert J. White
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Damon J. KeithRetired 1977
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Elizabeth A. Stafford
appointed by Merit selection
Linda Vivienne Parker
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
James Paul ChurchillRetired 2020
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
Patricia Jean Ehrhardt Pernick BoyleRetired 1983
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
James HarveyRetired 2019
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Avern Levin CohnRetired 2022
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Julian Abele Cook Jr.Retired 2017
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Laurie Jill Michelson
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Judith Ellen Levy
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Matthew Frederick Leitman
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
John Corbett O'MearaDeceased
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Denise Page Hood
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
George La PlataRetired 1996
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Marianne Olga BattaniRetired 2021
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Paul Victor GadolaRetired 2014
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Richard Fred SuhrheinrichRetired 1990
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Stewart Albert NewblattRetired 2022
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs TaylorRetired 2017
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Barbara Kloka HackettRetired 2000
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Horace Weldon GilmoreRetired 2010
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Lawrence Paul ZatkoffRetired 2015
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Stephen Joseph Murphy III
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
George E. WoodsRetired 2004
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Victoria Ann RobertsRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Jonathan James Canada Grey
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Anthony P. Patti
appointed by Merit selection
Shalina Deborah Kumar
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
David R. Grand
appointed by Merit selection
Robert Hardy Cleland
appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Paul David Borman
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Mark A. RandonRetired 2014
Magistrate judge
Mona K. MajzoubRetired 2020
Magistrate judge
Terrence George Berg
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Curtis Ivy, Jr.
appointed by Merit selection
Patricia T. Morris
appointed by Merit selection
Kimberly G. Altman
appointed by Merit selection
David Michael Lawson
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Gershwin Allen Drain
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Thomas Lamson Ludington
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Nancy Garlock Edmunds
appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Susan K. DeClercq
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Frances Kay Behm
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
George Caram Steeh III
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Arthur Jeffrey TarnowRetired 2022
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Michael J. HluchaniukRetired 2020
Magistrate judge
Bernard Alvin FriedmanNo longer serving
appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Brandy R. McMillion
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Patrick J. DugganRetired 2015
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Robert Edward DeMascioRetired 1999
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Charles Wycliffe JoinerRetired 2017
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Gerald E. RosenRetired 2017
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Sean F. CoxRetired 2025
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Paul J. KomivesRetired 2018
Magistrate judge
R. Steven WhalenRetired 2021
Magistrate judge