United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
63 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
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)
Joseph BuffingtonElevated to a higher court
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)
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)
William Scott Hardy
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Cathy Bissoon
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Christopher B. Brown
Magistrate judge
Christy Criswell Wiegand
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Donald John LeeDeceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Sean Joseph McLaughlinRetired 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)
Arthur James Schwab
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Donetta Wypiski Ambrose
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Joseph Putnam WillsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
David Brookman SmithRetired 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 CindrichRetired 2004
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Thomas Michael HardimanRetired 2007
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Gustave DiamondDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
William Shaw Stickman IV
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Marilyn Jean Horan
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Robert John Colville
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Maureen P. Kelly
Magistrate judge
Carol Los MansmannDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Jagan Nicholas Ranjan
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Joy Flowers ContiSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Stephanie Lou Haines
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Peter Joseph PhippsRetired 2019
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
David Stewart CerconeSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Susan Rose Paradise Baxter
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Cynthia Reed EddyRetired 2024
Magistrate judge
Patricia L. Dodge
Magistrate judge
Richard A. Lanzillo
Magistrate judge
Kezia O. L. Taylor
Magistrate judge
Lisa Pupo LenihanRetired 2023
Magistrate judge