United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
37 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Willie J. Epps, Jr.
Magistrate judge
Mark Douglas Harpool
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Fernando Joe Gaitan Jr.
appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Stephen R. Bough
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Ortrie Dale SmithRetired 2026
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Howard Frederic SachsRetired 2025
appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Mary Elizabeth "Beth" Phillips
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Gary August Fenner
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
David Gregory Kays
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
William Brian Gaddy
Magistrate judge
Roseann A. Ketchmark
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Brian C. Wimes
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nanette Kay LaughreyRetired 2026
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
John Finis PhilipsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
William Robert CollinsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Dean Whipple
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Albert L. ReevesDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Elmo Bolton HunterDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Floyd Robert GibsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
John Watkins OliverDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Merrill E. OtisDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Richard M. DuncanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Russell Gentry ClarkDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
William H. BeckerDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
D. Brook BartlettDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Caskie ColletDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Albert Alphonso RidgeDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Arba Seymour Van ValkenburghDeceased
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Joseph Edward Stevens Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Randle Jasper SmithDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Scott Olin WrightDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Ross Thompson RobertsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Arnold KrekelDeceased
District judge, appointed by Abraham Lincoln (Republican)
Lajuana M. Counts
Magistrate judge
Richard Everett DorrDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Harris Kenneth WangelinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Megan Blair Benton
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)