United States District Court for the District of Kansas
| United States District Court for the District of Kansas (D. Kan.) |
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| Appeals to | Tenth Circuit |
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| Established | January 29, 1861 |
| Judges assigned | 6 |
| Chief judge | Kathryn Hoefer Vratil |
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The United States District Court for the District of Kansas (in case citations, D. Kan.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Kansas. The Court operates out of the Robert J. Dole United States Courthouse in Kansas City, the Frank Carlson Federal Building in Topeka, and the United States Courthouse in Wichita. The District of Kansas was created in 1861, replacing the territorial court that preceded it, and President Abraham Lincoln appointed Archibald Williams as the Court's first judge.
Appeals from the District of Kansas are made to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
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Judges [edit]
The Court's Article III judges include four senior judges and five active judges. A vacancy was created in the District when Judge John W. Lungstrum assumed senior status on November 2, 2010.
| # | Title | Judge | Duty station | Born | Term of service | Appointed by | ||
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| Active | Chief | Senior | ||||||
| 23 | Chief Judge | Kathryn H. Vratil | Kansas City | 1949 | 1992–present | 2008–present | — | George H. W. Bush |
| 24 | District Judge | J. Thomas Marten | Wichita | 1951 | 1996–present | — | — | Bill Clinton |
| 25 | District Judge | Carlos Murguia | Kansas City | 1957 | 1999–present | — | — | Bill Clinton |
| 26 | District Judge | Julie A. Robinson | Topeka | 1957 | 2001–present | — | — | George W. Bush |
| 27 | District Judge | Eric F. Melgren | Wichita | 1956 | 2008–present | — | — | George W. Bush |
| — | — | Vacant | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Senior District Judge | Richard D. Rogers | Topeka | 1921 | 1975–1989 | — | 1989–present | Gerald Ford |
| 19 | Senior District Judge | Sam A. Crow | Topeka | 1926 | 1981–1996 | — | 1996–present | Ronald Reagan |
| 21 | Senior District Judge | John W. Lungstrum | Kansas City | 1945 | 1991–2010 | 2001–2007 | 2010–present | George H. W. Bush |
| 22 | Senior District Judge | Monti L. Belot | Wichita | 1943 | 1991–2008 | — | 2008–present | George H. W. Bush |
All judges
| # | Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
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| 1 | Archibald Williams | Abraham Lincoln | March 12, 1861 | September 21, 1863 | — | death |
| 2 | Mark W. Delahay | Abraham Lincoln | October 6, 1863[1] | December 12, 1873 | — | resignation |
| 3 | Cassius Gaius Foster | Ulysses Grant | March 10, 1874 | February 28, 1899 | — | retirement |
| 4 | William Cather Hook | William McKinley | January 31, 1899 | December 1, 1903 | — | reappointment |
| 5 | John Calvin Pollock | Theodore Roosevelt | December 1, 1903 | January 24, 1937 | — | death |
| 6 | George Thomas McDermott | Calvin Coolidge | January 16, 1928 | April 30, 1929 | — | reappointment |
| 7 | Richard Joseph Hopkins | Herbert Hoover | December 19, 1929 | August 28, 1943 | — | death |
| 8 | Guy T. Helvering | Franklin D. Roosevelt | October 11, 1943 | July 4, 1946 | — | death |
| 9 | Arthur Johnson Mellott | Harry S. Truman | November 29, 1945 | December 29, 1957 | — | death |
| 10 | Delmas Carl Hill | Harry S. Truman | October 21, 1949[2] | September 28, 1961 | — | reappointment |
| 11 | Arthur Jehu Stanley, Jr. | Dwight D. Eisenhower | July 7, 1958 | April 1, 1971 | January 27, 2001 | death |
| 12 | Wesley E. Brown | John F. Kennedy | April 4, 1962 | September 1, 1979 | January 23, 2012 | death |
| 13 | Henry George Templar | John F. Kennedy | April 12, 1962 | November 1, 1974 | August 5, 1988 | death |
| 14 | Frank Gordon Theis | Lyndon B. Johnson | March 4, 1967 | July 31, 1981 | January 17, 1998 | death |
| 15 | Earl Eugene O'Connor | Richard Nixon | November 1, 1971 | March 1, 1992 | November 29, 1998 | death |
| 16 | Richard Dean Rogers | Gerald Ford | August 5, 1975 | January 1, 1989 | Incumbent | — |
| 17 | Dale Emerson Saffels | Jimmy Carter | November 2, 1979 | November 16, 1990 | November 14, 2002 | death |
| 18 | Patrick F. Kelly | Jimmy Carter | May 23, 1980 | June 6, 1995 | March 15, 1996 | retirement |
| 19 | Sam A. Crow | Ronald Reagan | December 10, 1981 | November 15, 1996 | Incumbent | — |
| 20 | George Thomas VanBebber | George H. W. Bush | December 8, 1989 | December 31, 2000 | May 26, 2005 | death |
| 21 | John Watson Lungstrum | George H. W. Bush | November 5, 1991 | November 2, 2010 | Incumbent | — |
| 22 | Monti L. Belot | George H. W. Bush | November 25, 1991 | March 4, 2008 | Incumbent | — |
| 23 | Kathryn Hoefer Vratil | George H. W. Bush | October 9, 1992 | Incumbent | — | — |
| 24 | John Thomas Marten | Bill Clinton | January 4, 1996 | Incumbent | — | — |
| 25 | Carlos Murguia | Bill Clinton | September 22, 1999 | Incumbent | — | — |
| 26 | Julie A. Robinson | George W. Bush | December 13, 2001 | Incumbent | — | — |
| 27 | Eric F. Melgren | George W. Bush | October 6, 2008 | Incumbent | — | — |
The Clerk of Court is Timothy M. O'Brien, who is located in Kansas City.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1863, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 1864, and received commission on March 15, 1864.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950.
External links [edit]
- United States District Court for the District of Kansas Official Website
- United States Attorney for the District of Kansas Official Website
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