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Appeals to
  
Tenth Circuit

Judges assigned
  
3

Established
  
July 10, 1890

Chief Judge
  
Nancy D. Freudenthal

United States District Court for the District of Wyoming

The United States District Court for the District of Wyoming (in case citations, D. Wyo.) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Wyoming and those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated in Montana and Idaho. The court has locations in Cheyenne and Casper.

Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Wyoming represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current Acting United States Attorney is John Robert Green.

The district of Wyoming is the only federal court district that includes portions of more than one state. Law professor Brian C. Kalt has argued that it may be impossible to impanel a jury in compliance with the Vicinage Clause of the Sixth Amendment for a crime committed solely in the Idaho portion of the park (and that it would be difficult to do so for a crime committed solely in the Montana portion).

United States Attorneys for the District of Wyoming

  • Dave Freudenthal (1994–2001)
  • Matt Mead (2001–2007)
  • Kelly Rankin (2008–2009)
  • Christopher A. Crofts (2009–2017)
  • References

    United States District Court for the District of Wyoming Wikipedia