United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
41 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
John Campbell Barker
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Ronald Hurley Clark
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Michael H. Schneider Sr.Retired 2016
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Joseph Warren SheehyRetired 1967
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
William Lee EstesRetired 1930
District judge, appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)
Kimberly C. Priest JohnsonRetired 2024
Magistrate judge
Randolph BryantRetired 1951
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Christine L. Stetson
Magistrate judge
Sean Daniel Jordan
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Caroline M. CravenRetired 2022
Magistrate judge
Howell CobbRetired 2005
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Jeremy Daniel Kernodle
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
William Wayne JusticeRetired 2009
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
William Merritt StegerRetired 2006
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
T. John WardRetired 2011
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Joseph Jefferson FisherRetired 2000
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
David FolsomRetired 2012
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Amos MorrillRetired 1883
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Chauncey Brewer SabinRetired 1890
District judge, appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
Gordon James RussellRetired 1919
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Sam Blakeley Hall Jr.Retired 1994
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John H. Hannah Jr.Retired 2003
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
James Rodney Gilstrap
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
John D. Love
Magistrate judge
Richard A. SchellRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Paul Neeley BrownRetired 2012
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Lamar John Ryan CecilRetired 1958
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Christine A. NowakRetired 2023
Magistrate judge
Roy Steven Payne
Magistrate judge
Amos Louis Mazzant III
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Zachary Joseph Hawthorn
Magistrate judge
Michael Joseph Truncale
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Aileen Goldman Durrett
Magistrate judge
Keith F. GiblinRetired 2021
Magistrate judge
Marcia A. Crone
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Robert William Schroeder III
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
James Boone Baxter
Magistrate judge
Thad HeartfieldRetired 2022
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Judith K. GuthrieRetired 2013
Magistrate judge
Leonard E. DavisRetired 2015
appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Katie Nicole Mitchell
Magistrate judge