John Daniel Breen (born July 10, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

J. Daniel Breen
Tennessee Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Born 1950 in Jackson, TN
FJC ID: 2987
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1/year
Tennessee Western District Court · 2003–
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
- Private practice, Jackson, Tennessee1975–1991
Appointments
2003–2017 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1975- Spring Hill CollegeB.A. · 1972