Sue Ellen Myerscough
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2011 and confirmed by voice vote, Sue Ellen Myerscough is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. She earned a law degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1980. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1951 · age 75
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2011
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Southern Illinois 1973 · Southern Illinois Law 1980
- Succeeded
- Jeanne E. Scott
- Succeeded by
- Colleen Rae Lawless
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Central District of Illinois succeeded Jeanne E. Scott | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Myerscough was assigned 2,475 district-court cases (1998–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 231 days across 2,047 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 117 of Myerscough’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 77 were affirmed, 30 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Myerscough authored 1 published opinion for the court (2011). Most cited: Snowden v. Adams (2 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Snowden v. Adams | 814 F. Supp. 2d 854 | 2 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Sue Ellen Myerscough?
- President Barack Obama appointed Sue Ellen Myerscough to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in 2011.
- Was Sue Ellen Myerscough appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Sue Ellen Myerscough was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Sue Ellen Myerscough's confirmation vote?
- Sue Ellen Myerscough was confirmed by voice vote on March 7, 2011. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Sue Ellen Myerscough on?
- Sue Ellen Myerscough is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Office of Senator Dick Durbin (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).