Joseph Francis Bataillon (born October 3, 1949) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Joseph F. Bataillon
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska
Born 1949 in Omaha, NE
FJC ID: 2718
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Nebraska District Court · 1997–2014
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, Omaha, Nebraska1980–1997
Deputy public defender · 1974–1980
Appointments
1997–2014 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1974- Creighton UniversityB.A. · 1971