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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

JudgeTitleAppointed byStatus
Michael Brian BrennanJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Frank Hoover EasterbrookJudgeRonald ReaganActive
Michael Yale Scudder, Jr.JudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Amy Joan St. EveJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Thomas Lee Kirsch, IIJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Candace Rae Jackson-AkiwumiJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
John Zihun LeeJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Doris Lenea PryorJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Joshua Paul KolarJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Nancy Lee MaldonadoJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Rebecca Liane TaiblesonJudgeDonald J. TrumpActive
Kenneth Francis RippleJudgeRonald ReaganSenior status
Ilana Kara Diamond RovnerJudgeGeorge H.W. BushSenior status
Diane S. SykesJudgeGeorge W. BushSenior status
David Frank HamiltonJudgeBarack ObamaSenior status

The court’s website: https://www.ca7.uscourts.gov

From the Federal Judicial Center’s directory as of Nov. 4, 2026. This is a plain list: the full page could not be shown.