United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

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The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin is a United States district court. It encompasses much of the Western half of the state and is headquartered in the Robert Kastenmeier Federal Courthouse in Downtown Madison. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Chicago at the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Courthouse and Building.

Area Served

The court covers 44 Counties in Western Wisconsin including:

Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo,Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, St. Croix, Saywer, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Washburn and Wood.

Jurisidictional Map

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Judges

Active judges

Senior judges

Magistrate judges

All judges are based out of Madison.

New Federal Judges

Since John Shabaz announced his intentions to go on senior status, right now a Federal Nominating Commission has been activated to help find a replacement for the Western District of Wisconsin. The commission's goal is to make the recommendation to U.S. Senators Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl on who to nominate to the bench.

On March 20, 2009, Judge Crabb announced her intentions to go on senior status claiming that the courts caseload is increasing and taking into account the economic situation in the United States that it would be more responsible with taxpayer dollars for her to go on senior status than to rather have Congress approve a third judgeship which is an option[1].

On March 30, 2009, the Wisconsin State Bar Federal Nominating Commission named four finalists out of thirteen applicants to replace John Shabaz. The four finalists that have been given to U.S. Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold are Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Louis Butler, La Crosse County Circuit Court Judge Ramona Gonzalez, and Madison Area attorneys William Conley and Stephen Meyer, [2] with Butler ultimately receiving both a recommendation from Sens. Kohl and Feingold and a nomination from President Barack Obama.[3][4] However, Butler's nomination was not approved by the Senate. [5]

Also, on March 24, 2009, the current Clerk of Court Peter Oppeneer has been appointed by the Judicial Conference of the Seventh Circuit as a new part-time Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin.

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References

  1. ↑ "WISPolitics" Judge Crabb resigns, March 20, 2009
  2. ↑ "The Wheeler Report" Louis Butler One of Four Finalists to Replace John Shabaz, March 30, 2009
  3. ↑ White House Press Release "NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: 9/30/09
  4. ↑ Senator Feingold Press Release "KOHL, FEINGOLD LAUD PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOMINATION OF LOUIS BUTLER TO WESTERN DISTRICT JUDGESHIP", October 1, 2009
  5. ↑ Judicial Nomination Materials: 111th Congress
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Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Active judges

Conley • Crabb • Vacancy

Senior judges

Shabaz

Magistrate judges

Crocker • Oppeneer

Former judges

Bunn • Doyle • Hopkins • Luse • Rabinovitz • Sanborn • Stone

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