James Martin Munley (June 28, 1936 – March 22, 2020) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
James Martin Munley
Pennsylvania Middle District Court
Born 1936 in Scranton, PA
Died 2020 in Scranton, PA
FJC ID: 2801
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 4/year
Pennsylvania Middle District Court · 1998–2020
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 Common Pleas of Lackawanna County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1978–1998
- Private practice, Scranton, Pennsylvania1964–1977
- U.S. Steel and Steel Workers of AmericaArbitrator · 1970–1977
- U.S. Postal Service Expedited Arbitration PanelArbitrator · 1972–1977
- Middle Atlantic Expedited Arbitration PanelArbitrator · 1972–1977
- Pennsylvania Department of RevenueHearing examiner · 1973–1977
- Supreme Court of PennsylvaniaLaw clerk , Hon. Michael J. Eagen · 1963–1964
U.S. Army private1958–1960
Appointments
1998–2020 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law)LL.B. · 1963
- University of ScrantonB.S. · 1958