David Hansen
| David Hansen | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Station: | Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 11/18/1991 - 4/1/2003 |
| Chief: | 2002-2003 |
| Senior: | 4/1/2003 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Succeeded by: | Steven Colloton |
| Past post: | Northern District of Iowa |
| Past term: | 1986-1991 |
| Past position: | Seat #1 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1938 |
| Bachelors: | Northwest Missouri State U. '60 |
| Law School: | George Washington U. Law '63 |
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David Rasmussen Hansen (b. 1938) is a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. He joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. Hansen is serving on senior status. His duty station is based out of Cedar Rapids, IA.
Early life and education
Hansen graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1960 and later graduated from the George Washington University Law School with his Juris Doctor Degree in 1963. Hansen served in the US Army JAG Corps from 1964 to 1968. [1]
Professional career
Hansen was a private practice attorney licensed in Iowa from 1963 to 1964 and from 1968 to 1976. Hansen became part-time Judge of the Iowa Falls Police Court from 1969 to 1973 and also served as chairman of the Hardin County Republican Central Committee from 1975 to 1976. Hansen was nominated by the Iowa Judicial Nominating Commission a District Court Judge in the 2nd Judicial District of the Iowa District Courts from 1976 to 1986. Hansen is also is a partner of Win-Gin Farms based in Iowa Falls since 1971. [1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Iowa
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Hansen was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 3, 1986 to a seat vacated by Edward McManus as McManus assumed senior status. Hansen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 3, 1986 on a Senate vote and received commission on March 4, 1986. Hansen left the court on November 18, 1991 due to his appointment to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. [1] Hansen was succeeded in this position by Michael Melloy.
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Hansen was nominated by President George H.W. Bush. on July 30, 1991 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089 which was approved by Congress. Hansen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 15, 1991 on unanaimous consent of the U.S. Senate and received commission on November 18, 1991. [2] Hansen served as chief judge of the court from 2002 to 2003 and assumed senior status on April 1, 2003. [1]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Edward McManus |
Northern District of Iowa 1986–1991 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Michael Melloy |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1991–present |
Succeeded by: Steven Colloton |
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| Active judges | |||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Jon Scoles • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
David Hansen • Michael Melloy • Oliver Perry Shiras • Henry Thomas Reed • George Cromwell Scott • Henry Graven • William Hanson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Edward McManus • Donald O'Brien • Mark Bennett • Michael Melloy • Henry Graven • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
- Northern District of Iowa, Seat 1
- Former federal judge, Northern District of Iowa
- Judge on senior status, Eighth Circuit
- Former chief judge, Eighth Circuit
- Appointed by Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed 1986
- Appointed by George H.W. Bush
- Confirmed 1991
- Former Iowa district court judges
- George Washington U. Law Alumni
- Army veteran
- Northwest Missouri State U. Alumni
- Senior federal judge
