United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
27 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
Michael Francis Urbanski
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Pamela Meade Sargent
Federal judge
James Parker Jones
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Norman Kenneth Moon
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Robert Stewart Ballou
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Hiram Emory Widener Jr.Elevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Jasmine Hyejung Yoon
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
C. Kailani Memmer
Magistrate judge
Joel C. Hoppe
Magistrate judge
Theodore Roosevelt DaltonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Thomas Johnson MichieDeceased
District judge, appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
Thomas Tullidge Cullen
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Elizabeth Kay Dillon
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Armistead Mason DobieElevated to a higher court
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Glen Edward ConradDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Glen Morgan WilliamsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican)
Jackson L. KiserDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
James Clinton TurkDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
James Harry Michael Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
John PaulRetired 1901
District judge, appointed by Chester A. Arthur (Republican)
John Paul Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Samuel Grayson WilsonRetired 2014
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Alfred Dickinson BarksdaleDeceased
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Henry Clay McDowell Jr.Deceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Alexander RivesRetired 1882
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Roby Calvin ThompsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
John White BrockenbroughRetired 1861
District judge, appointed by James K. Polk (Democratic)