United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

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United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
(W.D. Wis.)
Map
Robert W. Kastenmeier United States Courthouse
Robert W. Kastenmeier United States Courthouse
Appeals to Seventh Circuit
Established June 30, 1870
Judges assigned 2
Chief judge William M. Conley
Official site

The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (in case citations, W.D. Wis.) is a federal court in the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The District was established on June 30, 1870.[1]

The United States Attorney for the District is John W. Vaudreuil.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin is one of two federal judicial districts in Wisconsin.[2] Court for the Western District is held at Madison.
The district comprises the following counties: Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, St. Croix, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Washburn and Wood.

Current judges

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
10 Chief Judge William M. Conley Madison 1956 2010–present 2010–present — Obama
11 District Judge James D. Peterson Madison 1957 2014–present — — Obama
8 Senior Judge Barbara Brandriff Crabb Madison 1939 1979–2010 1980–1996
2001–2010		 2010–present Carter

Former judges

# Judge State Born/Died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 James Campbell Hopkins WI 1819–1877 1870–1877 — — Grant death
2 Romanzo Bunn WI 1829–1909 1877–1905 — — Hayes retirement
3 Arthur Loomis Sanborn WI 1850–1920 1905–1920 — — T. Roosevelt death
4 Claude Zeth Luse WI 1879–1932 1921–1932 — — Harding death
5 Patrick Thomas Stone WI 1889–1963 1933–1963 — — F. Roosevelt death
6 David Rabinovitz WI 1908–1986 1964 — — L. Johnson not confirmed[3]
7 James Edward Doyle WI 1915–1987 1965–1980 1978–1980 1980–1987 L. Johnson death
9 John C. Shabaz WI 1931–2012 1981–2009 1996–2001 2009–2012 Reagan death

Succession of seats

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_wi.html U.S. District Courts of Wisconsin, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center
  2. ↑ 28 U.S.C. § 130
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.

External links

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