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.)
Location	MadisonMore locations La Crosse Eau Claire Superior
Appeals to	Seventh Circuit
Established	June 30, 1870
Judges	2
Chief Judge	James D. Peterson
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Timothy O'Shea (acting)
U.S. Marshal	Kim Gaffney
www.wiwd.uscourts.gov

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.

As of March 1, 2021 the acting United States attorney is Timothy M. O’Shea.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin is one of two federal judicial districts in Wisconsin. 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

As of April 26, 2017:

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
11	Chief Judge	James D. Peterson	Madison	1957	2014–present	2017–present	—	Obama
10	District Judge	William M. Conley	Madison	1956	2010–present	2010–2017	—	Obama
8	Senior Judge	Barbara Brandriff Crabb	inactive	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
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

Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 14, 1921, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 27, 1921, and received commission the same day
Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment

Chief judges

Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.

A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.

When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.

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

References

http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_wi.html U.S. District Courts of Wisconsin, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center
"Meet the U.S. Attorney". www.justice.gov. March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
"28 U.S. Code § 130 - Wisconsin". LII / Legal Information Institute.

External links

United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin

v t e Active district judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
C. Illinois	Darrow Bruce Lawless Hawley
N. Illinois	Kendall Dow Coleman Chang Tharp Ellis Wood Shah Alonso Blakey Pacold Rowland Seeger Kness Valderrama Johnston Jenkins Hunt Daniel Cummings Harjani Alexakis Perry
S. Illinois	Rosenstengel Yandle McGlynn Dugan
N. Indiana	Brady Simon Leichty Brisco Lund
S. Indiana	Pratt Sweeney Hanlon Brookman 1 seat vacant
E. Wisconsin	Pepper Stadtmueller Adelman Ludwig Conway
W. Wisconsin	Peterson Conley

v t e Senior district judges of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
C. Illinois	Mihm McDade Shadid Myerscough
N. Illinois	Aspen Kocoras Norgle Conlon Marovich Reinhard Gettleman Bucklo Gottschall Pallmeyer Kennelly Guzman Lefkow Kapala Durkin
S. Illinois	Gilbert
N. Indiana	Moody Springmann Van Bokkelen DeGuilio
S. Indiana	Barker Young Lawrence Magnus-Stinson
E. Wisconsin	Griesbach
W. Wisconsin	Crabb

v t e United States federal courts
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