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Portrait of Amy Joan St. Eve

Amy Joan St. Eve

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Appointed by President Donald J. Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the Senate 910, Amy Joan St. Eve is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1990. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Sources ↓

Born
1965 · age 61
Appointed by
Donald J. Trump, 2018
Confirmed
91–0
Education
Cornell 1987 · Cornell Law School 1990

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2002Northern District of IllinoisG.W. Bush (R)Voice vote
2018Seventh CircuitTrump (R)91–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 910 on May 14, 2018 · 115th Congress, Roll Call 93. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 91

45 D, 44 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 9

2 D, 7 R

Education

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Eve was assigned 3,755 district-court cases (1997–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 121 days across 3,753 closed cases.

Labor & ERISA18%
Civil rights17%
Other federal statutes15%
Prisoner & habeas10%
Contract10%
Real property9%
Other20%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 153 of Eve’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 121 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 16 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Amy Joan St. Eve?
President Donald J. Trump appointed Amy Joan St. Eve to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2018.
Was Amy Joan St. Eve appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Amy Joan St. Eve was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Amy Joan St. Eve's confirmation vote?
The Senate confirmed Amy Joan St. Eve 91–0 on May 14, 2018.
Which court is Amy Joan St. Eve on?
Amy Joan St. Eve is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Sources

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8 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).