The United States District Court for the District of Wyoming (in case citations, D. Wyo.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Wyoming and those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated in Montana and Idaho;. it is the only federal court district that includes portions of more than one state, creating a possible "Zone of Death" where it would be difficult to prosecute crimes. The court has locations in Cheyenne and Casper.
Appeals from this court are heard by 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).
The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of , the acting United States attorney is Darin Smith.
Current judges :
Former judges
Chief judges
Zone of death
Law professor Brian C. Kalt has argued that it may be impossible to impanel a jury in compliance with the Vicinage Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution for a crime committed solely in the Idaho portion of Yellowstone National Park (and that it would be difficult to do so for a crime committed solely in the Montana portion).Brian C. Kalt, The Perfect Crime, 93 675 (2005). This has been referred to as the Zone of Death.
Succession of seats
United States attorneys for the District of Wyoming U.S. attorneys for Wyoming including the Wyoming Territory: NameTerm startedTerm endedPresidents served underJoseph M. Carey18691871Ulysses S. GrantJohn James Jenkins18761880Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. HayesAnthony C. Campbell18851890Grover Cleveland and Benjamin HarrisonBenjamin F. Fowler18901894Benjamin HarrisonGibson Clark18941898Grover Cleveland and William McKinleyBenjamin M. Ausherman18981907William McKinley and Theodore RooseveltTimothy F. Burke19071911 Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard TaftHillard S. Ridgely19111914William Howard Taft and Woodrow WilsonCharles L. Rigdon19141921Woodrow WilsonAlbert D. Walton19211933Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert HooverCarl L. Sackett19331949Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry TrumanJohn Coleman Pickett19491949Harry TrumanJohn J. Hickey19491953Harry TrumanJohn F. Raper19531961Dwight D. EisenhowerRobert N. Chaffin19611969John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. JohnsonRichard V. Thomas19691974Richard NixonClarence Addison Brimmer Jr.19741975Gerald FordJames P. Castberg19751977Gerald FordToshiro Suyematsu19771977Gerald FordCharles E. Graves19771981Jimmy CarterToshiro Suyematsu19811981Jimmy CarterRichard A. Stacy19811994Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill ClintonDave Freudenthal19942001Bill Clinton and George W. BushMatt Mead20012007George W. BushJohn R. Green20072008George W. BushKelly H. Rankin20082009George W. Bush and Barack ObamaChristopher A. Crofts20102017Barack ObamaMark Klaassen20172021Donald Trump and Joe BidenL. Robert Murray20212022Joe BidenNicholas Vassallo20222024Eric Heimann2024presentJoe Biden and Donald Trump
See also Courts of Wyoming List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Wyoming United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
References
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External links United States District Court for the District of Wyoming Official Website