United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
53 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Edward James DevittDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Dennis Francis DonovanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Donald Douglas Alsop
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
David Singleton Doty
appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Diana Esther MurphyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Gunnar Hans NordbyeDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Philip NevilleDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Earl Richard LarsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Rensselaer Russell NelsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by James Buchanan (Democratic)
Robert Cook BellDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Harry Hunter MacLaughlinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Robert George RennerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
George F. SullivanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Miles Welton LordDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
William Alexander CantDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Jerry Wayne Blackwell
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
William LochrenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Charles Andrew WillardDeceased
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft
Joseph West MolyneauxDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge
Matthew M. JoyceDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover
Elizabeth Cowan Wright
Magistrate judge
Patrick Joseph Schiltz
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Paul Arthur Magnuson
appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Franklin McGeeDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding
Donovan Wayne Frank
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Page MorrisDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Michael James Davis
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Milton Dwight PurdyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Merit selection
Wilhelmina Marie WrightRetired 2024
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nancy Ellen Brasel
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Eric Christian Tostrud
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Joan Nancy Ericksen
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
John Benjamin Sanborn Jr.Retired 1932
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Laura Margarete Provinzino
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Katherine Marie Menendez
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Shannon G. Elkins
Magistrate judge
Susan Beth Richard Nelson
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
John F. Docherty
Magistrate judge
Hildy BowbeerRetired 2022
Magistrate judge
Franklin L. NoelRetired 2018
Magistrate judge
Steven E. RauRetired 2019
Magistrate judge
Ann Day Montgomery
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Raymond L. EricksonRetired 2010
Magistrate judge
John Raymond Tunheim
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Tony N. Leung
Magistrate judge
Leo I. Brisbois
Magistrate judge
Douglas L. Micko
Magistrate judge
Arthur J. BoylanRetired 2014
Magistrate judge
David T. Schultz
Magistrate judge
Jeffrey J. KeyesNo longer serving
Magistrate judge
Jeffrey Marc Bryan
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Janie S. MayeronRetired 2017
Magistrate judge
Dulce J. Foster
Magistrate judge