U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
25 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
John Daniel Breen
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Mark S. Norris Sr.
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Jon Phipps McCallaDeceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
John Thomas Fowlkes Jr.No longer serving
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Samuel H. Mays Jr.
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Tu M. Pham
Magistrate judge
Bernice Bouie DonaldRetired 2011
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Jon A. York
Magistrate judge
Annie T. Christoff
Magistrate judge
Brian Charles Lea
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Robert Malcolm McRae Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Eli Shelby HammondDeceased
District judge, appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican)
James Dale ToddRetired 2021
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Charmiane G. Claxton
Magistrate judge
Odell HortonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Julia Smith GibbonsRetired 2002
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Jerome TurnerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Donelson Martin Sr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
John Ethridge McCallDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
John William RossDeceased
District judge, appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)
Marion Speed BoydDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Harry Bennett AndersonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Thomas L. Parker
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Sheryl H. Lipman
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
S. Thomas Anderson
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)