United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

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The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington is the United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Skamania, Snohomish, Thurston, Wahkiakum, and Whatcom. It has jurisdiction over the cities of Bellingham, Seattle, and Tacoma.

The United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The U.S. Attorney for the district had been John McKay (2001-2005), but has since been dismissed. He is one of eight United States Attorneys fired. It is unclear who his successor shall be.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown San Fransisco at the James R. Browing Federal Courthouse, but hears initial appeals at the Pioneer Federal Courthouse in Portland, OR

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Chief Judge Robert Lasnik Richard Jones Ronald Leighton Ricardo Martinez

Marsha Pechman James Robart Barbara Rothstein Ben Settle

• Nominated by Jimmy Carter: Barbara Rothstein
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Robert Lasnik, Marsha Pechman
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Richard Jones, Ronald Leighton, Ricardo Martinez, James Robart, Ben Settle

Senior judges

• Franklin Burgess
• Robert Bryan
• John Coughenour
• Carol Dimmick
• Walter McGovern
• Thomas Zilly

Magistrate judges

• Chief: Kelley Arnold
• James Donohue
• Karen Strombom
• Mary Alice Theiler
• Brian Tsuchida

External links

• United States District Court for the Western District of Washington official website
• United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington official website
• Judges of the Western District of Washington
• Opinions of the Western District of Washington

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	v • d • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Active judges	Chief judge: Lasnik • Jones • Leighton • Martinez • Pechman • Robart • Robstein • Settle
Senior judges	Burgess • Bryan • Coughenour • Dimmick • McGovern • Zilly
Magistrate judges	Chief magistrate judge: Arnold • Brett • Christel • Creatura • Donohue • Strombom • Theiler • Tsuchida • Weinberg
Former judges	Beeks • Black • Boldt • Bowen • Cushman • Donworth • Dwyer • Goodwin • Hanford • Howard • Leavy • Lindberg • Neterer • Sharp • Tanner • Voorhees