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Judge Donovan W. Frank

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge Donovan W. Frank.

Judge Donovan W. Frank has 10,488 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 1993 and 2026, most often Product Liability and Civil Rights matters. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Breach of Contract.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by
President William Clinton
Confirmed
10/21/1998
Status
Active
Born
1951 · Rochester, MN

Judicial record from the Federal Judicial Center biographical directory, via CourtListener.

10,488
Lawsuits
133
Open
10,355
Terminated
1993–2026
Span
6,824 of these cases (65%) are Product Liability filings consolidated as a multidistrict litigation (MDL) — thousands of near-identical suits managed together before this judge. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

Cases by State

AL — 0 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 1 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 0 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 0 casesFL — 0 casesGA — 0 casesID — 0 casesIL — 0 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 0 casesME — 0 casesMD — 0 casesMA — 0 casesMI — 0 casesMN — 10,487 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 0 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 0 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 0 casesNC — 0 casesND — 0 casesOH — 0 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 0 casesPA — 0 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 0 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 0 casesTX — 0 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 0 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases

Open Cases Over Time

1993peak 2,448 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19932026
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractLaborPersonal Property / Fraud

Filings by Year

19932026

Case Types

Product Liability6,824
Civil Rights811
Contract685
Labor640
Personal Property / Fraud445
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes422

Where Filed

  • District Court, D. Minnesota10,487
  • District Court, E.D. Arkansas1
Clustered litigation · MDL 6,824 Product Liability member cases 65% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated as a multidistrict litigation and managed together before this judge — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 6,824 member cases →

3,664 Other Cases — Newest First

Showing 1–50 of 3,664