United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
65 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Mark Raymond Hornak
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
James Scott YoungDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
William Scott Hardy
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Cathy Bissoon
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Arthur James SchwabSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Christy Criswell Wiegand
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Jagan Nicholas Ranjan
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Joseph BuffingtonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Frederick Voris FollmerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Frederic Palen SchoonmakerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Nelson McVicarDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Owen McIntosh BurnsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Robert Murray GibsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
W. H. Seward ThomsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Wallace Samuel GourleyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
William Shaw Stickman IV
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Charles Prentiss OrrDeceased
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Glenn Everell MencerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Gary Lee LancasterDeceased
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Christopher B. Brown
Magistrate judge
Donald John LeeDeceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Sean Joseph McLaughlinResigned 2013
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
William Lloyd StandishDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Hubert Irving TeitelbaumDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Ralph Francis ScaleraDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Alan Neil BlochDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Barron Patterson McCuneDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Gerald Joseph WeberDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
William Alvah StewartDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
William W. KnoxDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Wilson McCandlessDeceased
District judge, appointed by James Buchanan (Democratic)
Donetta Wypiski AmbroseNo longer serving
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Joseph Putnam WillsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
David Brookman SmithElevated to Third Cir. 2002
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Wilson McIlvaineDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Paul Allen SimmonsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Daniel John Snyder Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Edward DumbauldDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Herbert Peter SorgDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Kim Richard GibsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Louis RosenbergDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Terrence Francis McVerryDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Donald Emil ZieglerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
John Lester MillerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Robert James CindrichResigned 2004
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Thomas Michael HardimanElevated to Third Cir. 2007
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Gustave DiamondDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Marilyn Jean Horan
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Robert John Colville
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Stephanie Lou Haines
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Kezia O. L. Taylor
Magistrate judge
Maureen P. Kelly
Magistrate judge
Carol Los MansmannDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Joy Flowers ContiSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Richard A. Lanzillo
Magistrate judge
Patricia L. Dodge
Magistrate judge
David Stewart CerconeSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Susan Rose Paradise Baxter
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Nora Barry FischerSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Peter Joseph PhippsElevated to Third Cir. 2019
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Cynthia Reed EddyRetired 2024
Magistrate judge
Peter E. Ormsby
Magistrate judge, appointed by Judicial Council of the Third Circuit
Lisa Pupo LenihanRetired 2023
Magistrate judge
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- Administrative Order Regarding Submission to the Court of Audio and/or Video Content ↗
- Administrative Order on Filing Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
Filing
Submit audio or video files physically to the court because CM/ECF does not accept them.
“audio and video files cannot be filed using the court's CM/ECF system.”
Filing
Audio files must use WAV, MP3, or AVI format.
“The Court will accept only audio files that are in an uncompressed Waveform audio format (.wav), a Motion Pictures Expert Group format (.mp3), or an Audio-Video Interleave format (.avi). No other formats are acceptable.”
Filing
Video files must use AVI, MP4, or WMV format.
“The Court will accept only video files that are in an Audio-Video Interleave format (.avi), a Motion Pictures Expert Group format (.mp4), or Windows Media Video file format (.wmv). No other formats are acceptable.”
Sealing
A sealed document needs a separate motion for highly sensitive status if it falls outside the listed presumptive categories.
“the party shall file a motion requesting such relief (without disclosing the HSI) on the docket in CM/ECF”
Sealing
Do not file a highly sensitive document on CM/ECF or email it to the court.
“the filing party must not file the document in the Court’s electronic filing system or send the document to the Court through email”