United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
93 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Jay Carl WaldmanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Herbert J. HuttonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Jan Ely DuBoisDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Kintzing KaneDeceased
District judge, appointed by James K. Polk (Democratic)
Joseph HopkinsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican)
Thomas James ClaryDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)
Allan Kuhn GrimDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)
Archibald RandallDeceased
District judge, appointed by John Tyler (Whig)
Guy Kurtz BardDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
James Cullen GaneyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
James Patrick McGraneryDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic)
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Patrick FullamDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Karen Spencer Marston
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Harold Kenneth WoodDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Thomas C. EganDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Charles R. WeinerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Charles William Kraft Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Abraham Lincoln FreedmanDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
John Milton Younge
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Harry Ellis KalodnerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
James Buchanan HollandDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Oliver Booth DickinsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
William ButlerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
Alfred Leopold LuongoDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Gerald John Pappert
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Ralph Clyde BodyDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Francis Lund Van DusenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Joseph Simon Lord IIIDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Lowell A. Reed Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Marvin KatzDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
James Tyrone GilesRetired 2008
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Thomas Ambrose MastersonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Daniel Henry Huyett IIIDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
John Berne HannumDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
John CadwaladerDeceased
District judge, appointed by James Buchanan (Democratic)
Edmund V. LudwigDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Edward Norman CahnRetired 1998
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
Emanuel Mac TroutmanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Herbert Allan FogelDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
James Henry GorbeyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
James McGirr KellyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Joseph Leo McGlynn Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Louis Charles BechtleDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Louis Heilprin PollakDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Robert S. Gawthrop IIIDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Thomas Newman O'Neill Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Clarence Charles NewcomerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Donald West VanArtsdalenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
John William Ditter Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Norma Levy ShapiroDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Clifford Scott GreenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Raymond Joseph BroderickDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Joshua David Wolson
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Charles Louis McKeehanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Wendy Beetlestone
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Franklin Stuart Van AntwerpenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Kelley Brisbon Hodge
appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Gene E.K. PratterRetired 2024
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Berle M. SchillerRetired 2025
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Pamela A. Carlos
appointed by Merit selection
Anthony Joseph SciricaElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Marjorie O. RendellElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Richard PetersDeceased
District judge, appointed by George Washington (Federalist)
Gerald Austin McHugh Jr.
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Joel H. Slomsky
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
George Austin WelshDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
William Huntington KirkpatrickDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Lynne A. Sitarski
Magistrate judge
Catherine Henry
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
C. Darnell Jones IIRetired 2022
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Craig M. Straw
Magistrate judge
Anthony Joseph SciricaRetired 1987
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Magistrate judge
Marjorie Osterlund RendellRetired 1997
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Chad Francis Kenney Sr.
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Mark A. Kearney
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Luis Felipe RestrepoRetired 2016
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
José Raúl Arteaga
Magistrate judge
Elizabeth T. Hey
Magistrate judge
Marilyn HeffleyRetired 2022
Magistrate judge
David R. Strawbridge
Magistrate judge
Robert F. KellySenior status
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Carol Sandra Moore Wells
Magistrate judge
Scott W. Reid
Magistrate judge
R. Barclay SurrickSenior status
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Juan R. Sanchez
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Mitchell S. GoldbergRetired 2025
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Richard A. LloretRetired 2024
Magistrate judge
Timothy R. RiceRetired 2024
Magistrate judge