United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
22 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted. Court-wide standing orders ↓
Camela Catherine Theeler
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Eric Claude Schulte
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
James Douglas ElliottDeceased
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Axel John BeckDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
George Theodore MickelsonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Alfred Lee WymanDeceased
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Charles Bruno KornmannSenior status
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Andrew Wendell BogueDeceased
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Donald James PorterDeceased
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Fred Joseph NicholDeceased
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Bailey JonesDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Richard Howard BatteyDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
John Emmett CarlandDeceased
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Jeffrey Lynn VikenRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Veronica L. Duffy
Magistrate judge
Daneta L. WollmannLeft this court 2026
Magistrate judge
Roberto A. Lange
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Lawrence Leroy PiersolSenior status
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Mark A. Moreno
Magistrate judge
Karen Elizabeth SchreierSenior status
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Alonzo Jay EdgertonDeceased
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
William D. GerdesLeft this court 2021
Magistrate judge
Standing orders for every case in this court
Orders the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota applies to all of its cases, whichever judge has them, as published on the court's website (checked October 9, 2026). Courts revise these, so confirm the current version before you file. The court's local rules ↗
- STANDING ORDER 25-03 - In the Matter of Procedures for the Access and Management of Non-Public Documents in Criminal Cases ↗
- Standing Order 22-06 Expert Witness Disclosure Deadlines in Criminal Cases ↗
- Standing Order 23-02 Revising the Procedure for Compassionate Release Motions Under the First Step Act ↗
- Standing Order 24-01 - Disclosure of Jail Incident Reports or Similar Documents ↗
Filing
In criminal, magistrate, and miscellaneous cases, non-public documents may again be filed in CM/ECF, but they cannot be viewed electronically.
“Non-public document filing shall resume in criminal cases, magistrate cases, and miscellaneous cases in CM/ECF under existing procedures but will no longer be accessible or viewable by electronic means.”
Filing
Serve non-public criminal documents by an appropriate method outside CM/ECF when service is required.
“where service is required, it cannot be accomplished through CM/ECF. Parties must serve non-public documents by other appropriate means”
Motions
When appointed counsel represents a compassionate-release movant, supplemental briefing, the government response, and reply are due in 14, 14, and seven days, respectively.
“the briefing schedule shall be: (a) 14 days for the FPD’s (or CJA Panel counsel’s) supplemental briefing on behalf of the movant, (b) 14 days for the U.S. Attorney’s response, and (c) 7 days for any reply.”
Motions
If appointed counsel does not represent a pro se compassionate-release movant, the government response is due 30 days after counsel’s notice of intent not to supplement.
“deadline for the government’s response to the pro se motion is 30 days from the filing of the FPD’s (or CJA Panel counsel’s) ‘Notice of Intent Not to Supplement.’”
Trial
In criminal cases, disclose retained case-in-chief experts and the required written information at least 21 calendar days before trial.
“The government and the defendant shall disclose to each other no later than twenty- one (21) calendar days before the start of trial the name of any person retained to testify as an expert witness in the case-in-chief”
Trial
Identify criminal rebuttal experts and provide the same written disclosure at least seven calendar days before trial.
“Any rebuttal expert to refute testimony from a disclosed expert shall be identified with the same written disclosure provided no later than seven(7)calendar days before trial.”
Other
Counsel may request jail incident reports held by probation or pretrial services, but attorneys receiving them may not share them publicly or outside the case.
“any attorney receiving such material shall not disseminate the incident reports publicly or share them with anyone not directly connected to the case.”