United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
27 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Pamela Pepper
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Lynn Steven Adelman
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Brett Harry Ludwig
District judge, appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Byron Browning Conway
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Stephen C. Dries
Magistrate judge
William E. Duffin
Magistrate judge
Joseph Peter Stadtmueller
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
William C. GriesbachSenior status
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Nancy Joseph
Magistrate judge
Charles Nelson Clevert Jr.Retired 2017
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Myron L. GordonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Terence Thomas EvansDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Andrew Galbraith MillerDeceased
District judge, appointed by James K. Polk (Democratic)
John W. ReynoldsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Thomas John CurranDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Robert Willis WarrenDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
William E. Callahan, Jr.
Magistrate judge
Charles E. DyerDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Joseph Very QuarlesDeceased
District judge, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)
Ferdinand August GeigerDeceased
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Robert Emmet TehanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Kenneth Philip GrubbDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Rudolph Thomas RandaDeceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Aaron E. Goodstein
Magistrate judge
James Graham JenkinsDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
James Henry HoweDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
Tiffany E. Woelfel
Magistrate judge
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin 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 ↗
- General Order 25-6 — Highly Sensitive Documents ↗
- General Order 25-7 — Sealed and Restricted Documents ↗
Sealing
To request highly sensitive document treatment, file a paper motion with a good-faith certification.
“A party seeking to file a document as an HSD must file, in paper format, a motion for leave to file an HSD. The motion must be accompanied by a certification of the movant’s good-faith belief that the material meets the HSD definition.”
Sealing
Deliver highly sensitive document materials to the clerk in a sealed envelope marked “HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT” with the case name and number.
“The party must provide these documents to the clerk’s office in a sealed envelope marking ‘HIGHLY SENSITIVE DOCUMENT’ and bearing the case name and case number.”
Sealing
Continue filing sealed and restricted documents in CM/ECF, but non-court filers cannot view them electronically afterward.
“Parties should continue to file sealed and restricted documents in CM/ECF under existing procedures. The court ORDERS that non-court filers no longer may access or view sealed and restricted documents by electronic means.”
Sealing
Serve sealed and restricted documents outside CM/ECF and file a certificate of service.
“Parties must serve sealed and restricted documents by other appropriate means and must file a certificate of service as required by the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure.”