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United States District Court for the District of Colorado

U.S. federal district court in Colorado

Summary

U.S. federal district court in Colorado

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the District of Colorado
abbreviation	D. Colo.
seal	USDC-COLO Logo.png
map_image_width	150
location	Denver
courthouse1	Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
location1	Denver
location2	Colorado Springs
location3	Grand Junction
location4	Durango
location5	Boulder
location6	Montrose
location7	Pueblo
location8	Sterling
appeals_to	Tenth Circuit
established	June 26, 1876
judges_assigned	7
chief	Philip A. Brimmer
us_attorney	Peter McNeilly (interim)
us_marshal	Kirk M. Taylor
official_site

The United States District Court for the District of Colorado (in case citations, D. Colo. or D. Col.) is a federal court in 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 District was established on June 26, 1876, pending Colorado statehood on August 1, 1876.

, the interim United States attorney for the District is Peter McNeilly.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the District of Colorado is the sole federal judicial district in Colorado. Court for the District is held at Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, and Grand Junction.

Current judges

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

U.S. Attorney

Theodore D. Edwards 1861
James E. Dalliba 1861
Samuel E. Brown 1862
Lewis C. Rockwell 1870-73
H. C. Alleman 1873-75
Charles D. Bradley 1875-77
W. S. Decker 1877-80
Edward S. Johnson 1880-82
Andrew W. Brazee 1882-85
Henry W. Hobson 1885-89
John D. Fleming 1889-93
Henry V. Johnson 1893-97
Greeley W. Whitford 1897-1901
Earl M. Cranston 1901-08
Thomas Ward, Jr. 1908-12
Harry E. Kelly 1912-14
Harry B. Tedrow 1914-21
John Foster Symes 1921-22
Granby Hillyer 1922-24
George Stephan 1924-29
Ralph L. Carr 1929-33
Thomas J. Morrissey 1933-47
Ivor Wingren 1947
Max M. Bulkeley 1947-51
Charles S. Vigil 1951-53
Donald E. Kelley 1953-58
Robert S. Wham 1958-59
Donald G. Brotzman 1959-61
Lawrence M. Henry 1961-69
James L. Treece 1969-77
Cathlin Donnell 1977
Joseph F. Dolan 1977-81
Robert N. Miller 1981-88
Michael J. Norton 1988-93
James R. Allison 1993
Henry Lawrence Solano 1993-98
Linda A. McMahan 1998-1999?
Tom Strickland 1999-2001
John Suthers 2001-2005
Troy A. Eid 2006-2009
David Gaouette (acting) 2009-2010
John F. Walsh 2010-2016
Robert Troyer 2016-2018
Jason R. Dunn 2018-2021
Matthew T. Kirsch (acting) 2021
Cole Finegan 2021–2024
Matthew T. Kirsch (acting) 2024–2025

References

https://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_co.html U.S. District Courts of Colorado, Legislative history, ''[[Federal Judicial Center]]''
(June 17, 2025). "United States Attorney Peter McNeilly". U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado.
"28 U.S.C. § 85 - U.S. Code Title 28. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 85".
"The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Steiwer to Stephenie".

Wikipedia Source

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