United States District Court for the District of Colorado

	District of Colorado
	Tenth Circuit
	Active judges
	Arguello • Blackburn • Brimmer • Jackson • Krieger • Martinez • Moore
	Senior Judges
	Babcock • Daniel • Kane • Matsch • Miller
	Magistrate Judges
	Watanabe • Boland • Shaffer • Hegarty • Mix • Tafoya • Milburn • West
	Former Judges

	District of Colorado
	Tenth Circuit
	Active judges
	Arguello • Blackburn • Brimmer • Jackson • Krieger • Martinez • Moore
	Senior Judges
	Babcock • Daniel • Kane • Matsch • Miller
	Magistrate Judges
	Watanabe • Boland • Shaffer • Hegarty • Mix • Tafoya • Milburn • West
	Former Judges

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1 Court
1.1 Vacancy warning level
1.2 Jurisdiction
1.2.1 Cases heard
1.2.2 Case load
1.3 Clerk's office
1.4 History
1.4.1 Court history
1.4.2 Judicial posts
1.4.3 Notable decisions
1.4.4 Federal courthouse
1.5 Major news
1.6 See also
1.7 External links
1.8 References
2 Judges

The United States District Court for the District of Colorado is the United States district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Colorado.

The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

Vacancy warning level

The United States District Court for the District of Colorado's vacancy warning level is currently set at green. The court currently has no vacancies with all seven posts filled.

Jurisdiction

The Counties of Colorado (click for larger map)

The jurisdiction of the District of Colorado consists of all the counties in the state of Colorado.

The court is based out of Denver at the Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals based in downtown Denver at the Byron White Federal Courthouse.

Cases heard

The District of Colorado has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.

Case load

Federal Court Case Load Statistics^*

Year	Starting case load:	Cases filed:	Total cases:	Cases terminated:	Remaining cases:	Median time(Criminal)^**:	Median time(Civil)^**:	3 Year Civil cases^#:	Vacant posts:^##	Trials/Post
2010	2834	3892	6726	3823	2903	9.7	5.8	60(2.7%)	24	25
2009	2746	3824	6570	3765	2805	8.9	6.3	64(2.8%)	23.0	20
2008	2633	3487	6120	3373	2747	7.9	6.9	85(3.8%)	20.4	23
2007	2592	3377	5969	3332	2637	8.7	6.9	90(4.3%)	0	20
2006	2764	3399	6163	3587	2576	8.4	8.8	138(6.6%)	0	23

^*All statistics are taken from the Official Federal Courts' Website and reflect the calendar year through September. ^**Time in months from filing to completion.
^#This statistic includes cases which have been appealed in higher courts. ^##This is the total number of months that any all judicial posts had spent vacant that year.

Clerk's office

The District of Colorado has one official courthouse with regard to contact information, though judge's chambers may be located in any of 3 federal courthouses. The official clerk of court is Gregory C. Langham. The Clerk's office is open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m, excluding Federal holidays. Contact information is as follows:

Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, Room A105
901 19th Street
Denver, Colorado 80294-3589

Civil Division: (303) 844-3433
Criminal Division: (303) 844-2115
CVB/Petty Offense: (303) 844-5475
Jury: (800) 359-8699
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Judges can be contacted at the addresses listed on the Official District of Colorado Contact Page.

History

Court history

The District of Colorado was established by Congress on June 26, 1876 with one post to cover the entire state. Over time 6 additional judicial posts were added for a total of 7 current posts.^[2]

Judicial posts

The following table highlights the development of judicial posts for the District of Kansas:

Year	Statute	Total Seats
June 26, 1876	19 Stat. 61	1
February 10, 1954	68 Stat. 8	2
May 19, 1961	75 Stat. 80	3
June 2, 1970	84 Stat. 294	4
October 20, 1978	92 Stat. 1629	6
July 10, 1984	98 Stat. 333	7

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Notable cases

For a searchable list of opinions, please see Opinions for the District of Colorado.

• Qwest CEO case Judge(s):Marcia Krieger
*United States v. Nacchio 1082-1 : 1:05-CR-00545-MSK-1

Judge Krieger on January 11, 2010 denied a new trial for former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio's 2007 conviction of insider trading charges. The judge denied the request despite Nacchio's legal team claimed that a testimony former Qwest Chief Financial Officer Robin Szeliga gave in a civil lawsuit related to the case found that the former CEO did not engage in insider trading. Krieger disallowed the request on the basis that the testimony in the civil trial was not different from the criminal trial and did not had enough evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to reverse the conviction. ^[3]

External links

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2 Judges
2.1 Active Judges
2.1.1 Article III judges
2.1.2 Pending appointments
2.1.3 Senior judges
2.2 Past judges
2.2.1 Former Chief judges
2.2.2 Former judges

Active judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado has 7 posts and 0 vacancies. The current Chief Judge is Wiley Daniel. This is a list of the current judges on the court:

Judge	Born	Home	Appointed by	Active	Preceeded	Bachelors	Law
Judge Marcia Krieger	1954	Denver, CO	W. Bush	1/30/2002 - Present	Daniel Sparr	Lewis and Clark College, B.A., 1975	U. of Colorado Law, J.D., 1979
Judge Robert Blackburn	1950	Lakewood, CO	W. Bush	3/6/2002 - Present	Zita Weinshienk	Western State College, B.A., 1972	U. of Colorado Law, J.D., 1974
Judge Christine Arguello	1955	Thatcher, CO	W. Bush	10/21/2008 - Present	Walker Miller	U. of Colorado, B.S., 1977	Harvard Law, J.D., 1980
Judge Philip Brimmer	1959	Rawlins, WY.	W. Bush	10/14/2008 - Present	Lewis Babcock	Harvard, A.B., 1981	Yale Law, J.D., 1985
Judge R. Brooke Jackson	1947	Bozeman, MT	Obama	8/2/2011 - Present	Phillip Figa	Dartmouth '69	Harvard Law '72
Judge William J. Martinez	1954	Mexico City, Mexico	Obama	12/21/2010 - Present	Edward Nottingham	U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, B.Sc. & B.A., 1977	U. of Chicago Law, J.D., 1980
Judge Raymond P. Moore	1953	Boston, MA	Obama	3/23/2013 - Present	Wiley Daniel	Yale, B.A., 1975	Yale Law, J.D., 1978

Pending appointments

There are no current pending appointments for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Senior judges

See: Federal judges on senior status
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado has 5 judges on senior status currently. This is a list of the current senior judges on the court:

Judge	Appointed by	Active	Chief	Senior	Bachelors	Law
Senior judge Richard Matsch	Nixon	3/8/1974 - 7/1/2003	1994 - 2000	7/1/2003 - Present	U. of Michigan, A.B., 1951	U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1953
Senior judge John Kane	Carter	12/16/1977 - 4/8/1988		4/8/1988 - Present	U. of Colorado, B.A., 1958	U. of Denver Law, J.D., 1960
Senior judge Walker Miller	Clinton	7/25/1996 - 4/1/2008		4/1/2008 - Present	U. of Colorado Law, LL.B., 1963	U. of Chicago Law, LL.M., 1965
Senior Judge Lewis Babcock	Reagan	10/17/1988 - 4/4/2008	2000 - 2007	4/4/2008 - Present	U. of Denver, B.A., 1965	U. of Denver Law, J.D., 1968
Senior Judge Wiley Daniel	Clinton	6/30/1995 - 1/1/2013	2008 - 2013	1/1/2013 - Present	Howard U., B.A., 1968	Howard U. Law, J.D., 1971

Magistrate judges

Judge	Active	Bachelors	Law
Magistrate judge David West	2004 - Present	Colorado College, B.A.	U. of Colorado at Boulder Law, J.D.
Magistrate judge Kathleen Tafoya	09/11/2007 - Present		U. of Colorado School of Law, J.D.
Magistrate judge Kristen Mix	08/06/2007 - Present		U. of Colorado Law, J.D., 1985
Magistrate judge Michael Hegarty	02/15/2006 - Present
Magistrate judge Craig Shaffer			Tulane University, 1979
Magistrate judge Boyd Boland	02/2000 - Present		Columbia, 1980
Magistrate judge Michael Watanabe	02/12/1999 - Present
Magistrate judge Gordon Gallagher	10/12/2012 - Present

Past judges

Former Chief judges

Judge	Term
William Knous	1954 - 1959
Fred Winner	1976 - 1982
Sherman Finesilver	1982 - 1994
Alfred Arraj	1959 - 1976
Wiley Daniel	2008 - 2013
Lewis Babcock	2000 - 2007
Richard Matsch	1994 - 2000
Edward Nottingham	2007 - 2008

In order to qualify for the office of Chief Judge in one of the federal courts, 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 in the office of Chief Judge 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. Unlike the Chief Justice of the United States, a Chief Judge returns to active service after the expiration of his or her term and does not create a vacancy on the bench by the fact of his or her promotion. See 28 U.S.C. § 45.

These rules for Chief Judges in the federal judiciary have been in effect since October 1, 1982. The office of Chief Judge was created in 1948. Until August 6, 1959, the position was filled in each federal court by 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. From then until 1982 it was filled by the senior such judge who had not turned 70.