Michael Joseph Melloy (born January 15, 1948) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Michael Joseph Melloy
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
Born 1948 in Dubuque, IA
FJC ID: 1616
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 35/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 413/year
Iowa Northern District Court · 1992–2002Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2002–2013
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
Board member · 2012–2016- Private practice, Dubuque, Iowa1974–1986
U.S. Army Reserve1972–1976- U.S. Army1970–1972
Appointments
2002–2013 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
1992–2002 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1974- Loras CollegeB.A. · 1970