United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (W.D. Wis.)
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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	Hopkins, James CampbellJames Campbell Hopkins	WI	1819–1877	1870–1877	—	—	Grant, Grant	death
2	Bunn, RomanzoRomanzo Bunn	WI	1829–1909	1877–1905	—	—	Hayes, Hayes	retirement
3	Sanborn, Arthur LoomisArthur Loomis Sanborn	WI	1850–1920	1905–1920	—	—	Roosevelt, T.T. Roosevelt	death
4	Luse, Claude ZethClaude Zeth Luse	WI	1879–1932	1921–1932	—	—	Harding, Harding	death
5	Stone, Patrick ThomasPatrick Thomas Stone	WI	1889–1963	1933–1963	—	—	Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt	death
6	Rabinovitz, DavidDavid Rabinovitz	WI	1908–1986	1964	—	—	Johnson, L.L. Johnson	not confirmed[3]
7	Doyle, James EdwardJames Edward Doyle	WI	1915–1987	1965–1980	1978–1980	1980–1987	Johnson, L.L. Johnson	death
9	Shabaz, John C.John C. Shabaz	WI	1931–2012	1981–2009	1996–2001	2009–2012	Reagan	death

Succession of seats

Seat 1 Seat established on June 30, 1870 by 16 Stat. 171 Hopkins 1870–1877 Bunn 1877–1905 Sanborn 1905–1920 Luse 1921–1932 Stone 1933–1963 Rabinovitz 1964–1964 Doyle 1965–1980 Shabaz 1981–2009 Peterson 2014–present

Seat 2 Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629 Crabb 1979–2010 Conley 2010–present

See also

• Courts of Wisconsin
• List of United States federal courthouses in Wisconsin

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

• United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin