Harris Kenneth Wangelin

How Judge Wangelin rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Wangelin no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1970–1987
Appointed by
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Commissioned
1970-12-22
Education
Iberia Academy and Junior College, A.A. (1932); University of Missouri School of Law, J.D. (1936)
Signed orders read
1

How Judge Wangelin decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

In Mee, Wangelin treated the criminal-appointment system as a mechanism for protecting indigent defendants rather than as an employment entitlement for lawyers.

“The Act is obviously directed at securing representation for indigents and is not intended as a full employment bill for attorneys.”

Procedural preferences

In Mee, Wangelin required the plaintiff to identify both a viable federal cause of action and a protected property interest before the court could adjudicate the dispute.

“Assuming such a right of action plaintiff must still demonstrate that he was once on the appointments list and held a federally protected property interest in that status.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Mee v. Becker
· 1978-07-19
Summary judgment (defendant judges, magistrate judges, and clerk) Granted

“Accordingly, the action will be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No assigned docket records were returned under three plausible Wangelin name variants.

A historical record

Judge Wangelin no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.