Jon Ernest DeGuilio
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by voice vote, Jon Ernest DeGuilio is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. He earned a law degree from Valparaiso University Law School in 1981. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1955 · age 71
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2010
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Notre Dame 1977 · Valparaiso Law School 1981
- Succeeded
- Allen Sharp
- Succeeded by
- Gretchen Suzanne Lund
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northern District of Indiana succeeded Allen Sharp | Obama (D) | Voice vote |
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
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| University of Notre Dame | B.A. | 1977 |
| Valparaiso University Law School | J.D. | 1981 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, DeGuilio was assigned 3,140 district-court cases (1994–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 190 days across 2,836 closed cases.
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 122 of DeGuilio’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 94 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 8 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.
In our data, DeGuilio authored 7 published opinions for the court (2011). Most cited: Matthys v. Wabash National (3 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Matthys v. Wabash National | 799 F. Supp. 2d 891 | 3 |
| 2011 | Carroll v. Kamps | 795 F. Supp. 2d 794 | 3 |
| 2011 | Copeland v. Astrue | 776 F. Supp. 2d 828 | 3 |
| 2011 | MEDICAL ASSUR. CO., INC. v. Miller | 779 F. Supp. 2d 902 | 2 |
| 2011 | National Labor Relations Board v. Irving Ready-Mix Inc. | 780 F. Supp. 2d 747 | 2 |
| 2011 | Bayless v. ANCILLA DOMINI COLLEGE | 781 F. Supp. 2d 740 | 1 |
| 2011 | Steeno v. Wabash National Trailer Centers | 822 F. Supp. 2d 855 | 0 |
Showing the 7 most-cited of 7 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Jon Ernest DeGuilio?
- President Barack Obama appointed Jon Ernest DeGuilio to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana in 2010.
- Was Jon Ernest DeGuilio appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jon Ernest DeGuilio was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jon Ernest DeGuilio's confirmation vote?
- Jon Ernest DeGuilio was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 2010. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Jon Ernest DeGuilio on?
- Jon Ernest DeGuilio is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).