United States District Court for the Western District of New York
32 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
William M. SkretnyRetired 2026
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Leslie G. Foschio
Colleen D. Holland
Mark W. Pedersen
John Leonard Sinatra Jr.
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
John T. ElfvinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
Kenneth R. FisherRetired 1995
Magistrate judge
Michael A. TelescaDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Hugh B. ScottRetired 2015
Magistrate judge
David G. Larimer
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Carol E. HeckmanNo longer serving
Magistrate judge
Charles J. Siragusa
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
John T. CurtinDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Michael J. Roemer
Richard J. Arcara
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Frank Paul Geraci Jr.
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Meredith A. Vacca
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Simon Louis AdlerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
H. Kenneth Schroeder Jr.
Magistrate judge
William G. BauerRetired 2003
Magistrate judge
Harlan Watson RippeyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Harold Peter BurkeDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
John KnightDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
John Raymond HazelDeceased
District judge, appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
Justin Colfax MorganDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
John Oliver HendersonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Marian W. PaysonRetired 2025
Jonathan W. Feldman
Magistrate judge
Edmund F. MaxwellDeceased
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Elizabeth A. Wolford
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Lawrence J. Vilardo
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)