David A. Bragdon

David Alan Bragdon (born 1977) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. He previously served as an assistant United States attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina.

Education and early life

Bragdon was born in 1977 in Warren, Ohio. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Campbell University in 1999 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2002, where he was editor of the Virginia Law Review. He served as a law clerk for Judge Stephen F. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2002 to 2003.

Federal judicial service

On August 22, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bragdon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina vacated by Judge Loretta Copeland Biggs. The nomination was transmitted to the United States Senate on September 15, 2025. On September 17, 2025, a confirmation hearing was held for him and other nominees before the Senate Judiciary Committee. October 9, 2025, the committee voted in favor of his nomination by a 12–10 party-line vote. On December 1, 2025, the U.S. Senate voted to invoke cloture on his nomination by a vote of 50–41. The following day, his nomination was confirmed by a 53–45 vote. He received his judicial commission on December 12, 2025.