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How U.S. judges actually decide, drawn from their own signed orders. Each profile shows what persuades a judge, their procedural preferences, and grounded examples with links to the source.

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3,616 judges

Matthew James Maddox

D. Maryland · Appt. Joe Biden (Democratic)

13 orders 2 insights

Roy Bale Dalton Jr.

M.D. Florida · Appt. Barack Obama (Democratic)

13 orders 2 insights

Amanda M. Knapp

N.D. Ohio · Appt. U.S. District Judges for the Northern District of Ohio (merit-selected magistrate judge; magistrates are appointed by the district's Article III judges, not the President)

12 orders 2 insights

Barbara L. Major

S.D. California

12 orders 2 insights

Charles Esque Fleming

N.D. Ohio · Appt. Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)

12 orders 2 insights

Donna Phillips Currault

E.D. Louisiana

12 orders 2 insights

Dustin B. Pead

D. Utah

12 orders 2 insights

Hiram Knowles

D. Montana · Appt. Benjamin Harrison (Republican)

12 orders 2 insights

Howard Curtis Nielson Jr.

D. Utah · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

12 orders 2 insights

John F. Robbenhaar

D. New Mexico

12 orders 2 insights

Joseph C. Spero

N.D. California

12 orders 2 insights

Patricia T. Morris

E.D. Michigan · Appt. U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (merit-selected U.S. Magistrate Judge; magistrates are appointed by the district's Article III judges under 28 U.S.C. 631, not the President)

12 orders 2 insights

Paul Kohler

D. Utah

12 orders 2 insights

Phyllis J. Hamilton

N.D. California · Appt. Bill Clinton (Democratic)

12 orders 2 insights

Scott H. Rash

D. Arizona · Appt. Donald Trump (Republican)

12 orders 2 insights

Stanley A. Boone

E.D. California

12 orders 2 insights

Virginia M. Hernandez Covington

M.D. Florida · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

12 orders 2 insights

Alistair E. Newbern

M.D. Tennessee

11 orders 2 insights

Andrew D. Hallman

D. Oregon

11 orders 2 insights

Carolyn K. Delaney

E.D. California

11 orders 2 insights

Dennis M. Cota

E.D. California

11 orders 2 insights

Jeffrey Armistead

D. Oregon

11 orders 2 insights

Julia Eleanor Kobick

D. Massachusetts · Appt. Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)

11 orders 2 insights

Karen Wells Roby

E.D. Louisiana

11 orders 2 insights
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