William E. Smith
U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
Judge · Federal · Rhode Island
Data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: active.
Cases in this dataset
136 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.
Case volume by filing year
- 2000
2 - 2012
1 - 2013
1 - 2017
2 - 2018
2 - 2019
3 - 2020
5 - 2021
11 - 2022
28 - 2023
59 - 2024
20 - 2025
2
Recent cases
- Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence v. Bondi
- Burton v. Electric Boat Corporation
- United States v. Patel
- Federal Trade Commission v. Empire Holdings Group LLC
- Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association v. Peter Neronha
- United States v. Albino
- Wiand v. Waxman
- United States v. Delgado
- United States v. Pineda
- United States v. Antley
Career history
- District Court, D. Rhode Island · 2002-11-15 to End not recorded · Barack Hussein Obama
- Georgetown University B.A. 1982
Sources and corrections
- courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07
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