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The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (in case citations, W.D. Mo.) is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri. The Court is based in the Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse in Kansas City. As of March 1, 2021 the United States attorney is Teresa A. Moore.
Missouri currently holds two courts: Eastern [1] and Western. [2] These district-level courts are part of the first tier of the U.S. federal judicial system; cases can be appealed to the Eighth Circuit. District court judges are appointed by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate. [Note 1]
Each district also has a United States Marshal who serves the court system. Three territories of the United States — the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands — have district courts that hear federal cases, including bankruptcy cases. [1] The breakdown of what is in each judicial district is codified in 28 U.S.C. §§ 81–131.
He served in the Missouri National Guard from 1989 to 1995, attaining the rank of sergeant. [1] He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law in 1997. Bough served as a law clerk to Judge Scott Olin Wright of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. From 1999 to 2002, he ...
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was eliminated and a new United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois was created in its place on October 2, 1978. There are a few additional extinct district courts that fall into neither of the above two patterns.
The Supreme Court of the United States is the court of last resort. [1] It generally hears appeals from the courts of appeals (and sometimes state courts), operating under discretionary review, which means that the Supreme Court can choose which cases to hear, by granting petitions for writs of certiorari. [1]
He served as chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri from January 4, 2016, [3] to December 16, 2022. [4] In spite of his joint appointment, Sippel maintains chambers and hears cases only in the Eastern District of Missouri.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; In office August 1, 1996 – August 27, 2011: Appointed by: Bill Clinton: Preceded by: Joseph E. Stevens Jr. Succeeded by: Brian C. Wimes: Personal details; Born February 11, 1946 (age 78)