Danny Clyde Reeves (born August 1, 1957) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Danny C. Reeves
Kentucky Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Born 1957 in Corbin, KY
FJC ID: 2907
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 36/year
Kentucky Eastern District Court · 2001–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Commissioner · 2017–2021- Private practice, Kentucky1983–2001
Law clerk , Hon. Eugene E. Siler · 1981–1983
Appointments
2001–2025 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of LawJ.D. · 1981
- Eastern Kentucky UniversityB.A. · 1978