United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
108 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Jay Carl WaldmanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Herbert J. HuttonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Gerald John Pappert
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Jan Ely DuBoisDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Joshua David Wolson
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (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)
Catherine Henry
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
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
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Robert F. KellyNo longer serving
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Milton Younge
District judge, 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)
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)
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)
Wendy Beetlestone
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Paul Steven Diamond
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
John R. PadovaSenior status
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Kelley Brisbon Hodge
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Jeffrey L. Schmehl
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (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)
Caroline Goldner Cinquanto
Magistrate judge
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)
Pamela A. Carlos
Magistrate judge, appointed by Merit selection
Charles Louis McKeehanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
John M. Gallagher
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump
Gerald Austin McHugh Jr.
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Harvey Bartle IIISenior status
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Joel H. SlomskySenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
R. Barclay SurrickSenior status
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Timothy J. SavageSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Gail A. Weilheimer
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden
A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Franklin Stuart Van AntwerpenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Cynthia M. RufeSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Lynne A. Sitarski
Magistrate judge
Craig M. Straw
Magistrate judge
Gene E.K. PratterDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Berle M. SchillerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Anthony Joseph SciricaElevated to Third Cir. 1987
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Marjorie O. RendellElevated to Third Cir. 1997
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Richard PetersDeceased
District judge, appointed by George Washington (Federalist)
Chad Francis Kenney Sr.
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Scott W. Reid
Magistrate judge
Anita Blumstein BrodySenior status
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Juan R. Sanchez
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Mark A. Kearney
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Michael M. BaylsonSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Mary Kay Costello
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden
Mia Roberts Perez
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden
John F. Murphy
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden
Kai N. Scott
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden
George Austin WelshDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
William Huntington KirkpatrickDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
C. Darnell Jones IIRetired
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Anthony Joseph SciricaElevated to Third Cir. 1987
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Marjorie Osterlund RendellElevated to Third Cir. 1997
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
José Raúl Arteaga
Magistrate judge
Luis Felipe RestrepoElevated to Third Cir. 2016
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Antonio M. Pozos
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Carol Sandra Moore Wells
Magistrate judge
Elizabeth T. Hey
Magistrate judge
David R. Strawbridge
Magistrate judge
Marilyn HeffleyLeft this court 2022
Magistrate judge
Mitchell S. GoldbergRetired 2025
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Richard A. LloretRetired
Magistrate judge
Timothy R. RiceLeft this court 2024
Magistrate judge
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 8, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- Standing Order on Procedure for Case Opening ↗
- Standing Order on Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
- Standing Order on Access and Management of Sealed Documents ↗
- Standing Order on Filing Procedures in Alien Detainee Cases ↗
- Second Amended Standing Order on Guilty Pleas and Sentencing ↗
- Standing Order on Electronic Document Submission for Unrepresented Litigants ↗
- Standing Procedural Order for Cases Seeking Social Security Review ↗
- Superseding Standing Order on Procedural Matters in Pro Se Civil and Habeas Cases ↗
- Standing Order on Electronic Access to Civil and Criminal Transcripts ↗
Filing
A case opening no longer requires a Case Management Track Designation Form.
“The Clerk of Court is relieved of the obligation to require counsel or litigants to file the”
Filing
After hours, counsel filing an alien detainee or other immigration petition must promptly notify the clerk that the case is ready for assignment.
“counsel for the Petitioner shall immediately notify the Clerk’s Office that a petition has been filed and that the case is ready for assignment”
Filing
Unrepresented litigants may submit papers through the electronic document submission system.
“option for unrepresented litigants to submit papers to the Court electronically”
Motions
In Social Security review cases, the plaintiff has 45 days to file and serve a brief.
“Plaintiff shall have forty-five (45) days in”
Motions
In a pro se non-habeas civil case with a Rule 12 motion, the clerk may set the response and reply schedule and grant one extension of up to 15 days.
“Permitting, upon request of a litigant, one extension of time not to exceed 15 days”
Sealing
Serve sealed documents by an appropriate method outside electronic filing; electronic filing no longer serves them.
“service of those documents can no longer be accomplished through CM/ECF.”