Donald Clark Nugent (born March 7, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2/year
Ohio Northern District Court · 1995–
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
- Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate DistrictJudge · 1993–1995
- Cuyahoga County [Ohio] Court of Common PleasJudge · 1985–1992
- Private practice, Cuyahoga County, Ohio1974–1985
- Cuyahoga County, OhioAssistant prosecutor · 1975–1985
U.S. Marine Corps1970–1971
Appointments
1995–2017 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- National Judicial CollegeM.J.S. · 1994
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of LawJ.D. · 1974
- Xavier University, OhioB.A. · 1970