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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]
Brian Curtis Wimes (born January 18, 1966) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Despite his dual appointment, Wimes maintains chambers only in the Western District of Missouri.
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 Missouri (in case citations, E.D. Mo.) is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis, Missouri, with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of the U.S. federal ...
In a court order Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough said the Missouri rule was preempted by federal laws governing investment brokers and was unconstitutionally vague.
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.
In short, Missouri’s senators must work together with Biden, Democratic and Republican Senate leaders and colleagues on both sides of the aisle to fill all Eastern District openings rapidly with ...