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.https://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_co.html U.S. District Courts of Colorado, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center
, the 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 Peter McNeilly 2025-Present
See also Courts of Colorado List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Colorado
References
External links United States District Court for the District of Colorado Official Website U.S. District Courts of Colorado, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center United States Attorney for the District of Colorado Official Website