U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
20 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Catherine C. Eagles
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Loretta Copeland Biggs
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
N. Carlton Tilley, Jr.
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Joe L. WebsterRetired 2026
Magistrate judge
Joi Elizabeth Peake
Magistrate judge
Lindsey Ann Freeman
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
JoAnna Gibson McFadden
Magistrate judge
Richard Cannon ErwinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Edwin Monroe StanleyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Frank William Bullock Jr.Retired 2006
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Eugene Andrew GordonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Thomas D. Schroeder
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
James A. Beaty Jr.Retired 2018
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Johnson Jay HayesDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
William Lindsay Osteen Sr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Hiram Hamilton WardDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Lunsford Richardson PreyerDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
L. Patrick Auld
Magistrate judge
William L. Osteen, Jr.
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
David Alan Bragdon
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)