United States District Court for the District of Kansas

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The Seal of the District of Kanasas
The Seal of the District of Kanasas

The United States District Court for the District of Kansas is the U.S. district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Kansas. The court's headquarters are in Wichita, with courthouses in Kansas City and Topeka.

The United States Attorney for the District of Kansas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The first United States Attorney for the District of Kansas was appointed June 29, 1854 by Franklin Pierce. The current attorney is Eric Melgren.

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.

Judges

District judges

Senior judges

Magistrate judges

External links

The Kansas Project on Judgepedia