U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
54 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
John Weld Peck IIElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Lester LeFevre CecilElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
John Weld PeckRetired 1923
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Sarah Elizabeth Daggett Morrison
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Thomas Michael Rose
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Robert A. SteinbergRetired 1996
Magistrate judge
James L. Graham
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Humphrey Howe LeavittDeceased
District judge, appointed by Andrew Jackson (Democratic)
S. Courter Morris Shimeall
Magistrate judge
George Read SageDeceased
District judge, appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
Michael R. Merz
Magistrate judge
Philip Bergen SwingDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Carl Bernard RubinRetired 1995
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Robert Morton DuncanRetired 1985
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Carl Andrew WeinmanRetired 1979
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
George Curtis SmithDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Elbert SaterDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
John H. DruffelRetired 1967
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Albert Clifton ThompsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
David Stewart PorterRetired 1989
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Howard Clark HollisterRetired 1919
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Joseph Peter KinnearyRetired 2001
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Mell Gilbert UnderwoodRetired 1972
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Gregory Lynn FrostRetired 2016
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Smith HickenlooperElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Benson W. HoughRetired 1935
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Robert Reasoner NevinRetired 1952
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Edmund Albert Sargus Jr.
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
S. Arthur SpiegelRetired 2014
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Karen L. Litkovitz
Magistrate judge
Susan Judy Dlott
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
John David HolschuhRetired 2011
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Peter B. Silvain, Jr.
Magistrate judge
Douglas Russell Cole
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Caroline Helen Gentry
Magistrate judge
Stephanie K. Bowman
Magistrate judge
Timothy Seymour Black
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Timothy S. HoganRetired 2010
Magistrate judge
Michael Jay Newman
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Jack Sherman Jr.Retired 2003
Magistrate judge
Mark R. AbelRetired 2015
Magistrate judge
Matthew Walden McFarland
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Sharon L. OvingtonRetired 2021
Magistrate judge
Terence P. Kemp
Magistrate judge
Chelsey M. Vascura
Magistrate judge
Elizabeth A. Preston DeaversRetired 2026
Magistrate judge
Michael Ryan Barrett
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
J. Vincent Aug Jr.Retired 1988
Magistrate judge
Burton PerlmanRetired 1976
Magistrate judge
Norah McCann King
Magistrate judge
Kimberly A. Jolson
Magistrate judge
Algenon Lamont Marbley
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Jeffery Paul Hopkins
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Michael Harrison Watson
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)