Malachy Edward Mannion
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012 and confirmed by voice vote, Malachy Edward Mannion is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Pace University School of Law (now Elisabeth Haub School of Law) in 1979. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1953 · age 73
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2012
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Scranton 1976 · Pace Law (now Elisabeth Haub School of Law) 1979
- Succeeded
- A. Richard Caputo
- Succeeded by
- Joseph Francis Saporito Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Middle District of Pennsylvania succeeded A. Richard Caputo | 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 Scranton | B.S. | 1976 |
| Pace University School of Law (now Elisabeth Haub School of Law) | J.D. | 1979 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mannion was assigned 3,078 district-court cases (1997–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 258 days across 2,696 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 334 of Mannion’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 276 were affirmed, 28 reversed or vacated, and 30 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, Mannion authored 19 published opinions for the court (2001–2009). Most cited: Rahemtulla v. Hassam (26 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Rahemtulla v. Hassam | 539 F. Supp. 2d 755 | 26 |
| 2006 | Reifer v. Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 | 462 F. Supp. 2d 621 | 17 |
| 2003 | Valenti v. Allstate Insurance Co. | 243 F. Supp. 2d 200 | 12 |
| 2003 | Sinde v. Gerlinski | 252 F. Supp. 2d 144 | 8 |
| 2005 | Cruise Ex Rel. Cruise v. Marino | 404 F. Supp. 2d 656 | 4 |
| 2006 | In Re Search of the Scranton Housing Authority | 436 F. Supp. 2d 714 | 3 |
| 2005 | Imbergamo v. Castaldi | 392 F. Supp. 2d 686 | 3 |
| 2006 | Flanyak v. Hopta | 410 F. Supp. 2d 394 | 2 |
| 2004 | Thomas v. Luzerne County Correctional Facility | 310 F. Supp. 2d 718 | 2 |
| 2003 | Wychunas v. O'TOOLE | 252 F. Supp. 2d 135 | 2 |
| 2003 | Valenti v. Allstate Insurance | 243 F. Supp. 2d 221 | 2 |
| 2009 | In Re the Extradition of Harshbarger | 592 F. Supp. 2d 770 | 1 |
| 2004 | Odenwalt v. Gillis | 327 F. Supp. 2d 502 | 1 |
| 2004 | Knoblauch v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Inc. | 315 F. Supp. 2d 636 | 1 |
| 2001 | Ostrander v. Horn | 145 F. Supp. 2d 614 | 1 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 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 Malachy Edward Mannion?
- President Barack Obama appointed Malachy Edward Mannion to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 2012.
- Was Malachy Edward Mannion appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Malachy Edward Mannion was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Malachy Edward Mannion's confirmation vote?
- Malachy Edward Mannion was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 2012. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Malachy Edward Mannion on?
- Malachy Edward Mannion is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Office of Senator Pat Toomey (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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13 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).