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.
James Douglas ElliottRetired 1933
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Axel John BeckRetired 1981
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
George Theodore MickelsonRetired 1965
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Alfred Lee WymanRetired 1953
District judge, appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Andrew Wendell BogueRetired 2009
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Donald James PorterRetired 2003
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Fred Joseph NicholRetired 1996
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
John Bailey JonesRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Richard Howard BatteyRetired 2017
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Charles Bruno Kornmann
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
John Emmett CarlandRetired 1911
District judge, appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)
Camela Catherine Theeler
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Jeffrey Lynn VikenRetired 2023
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Daneta L. WollmannRetired 2026
Magistrate judge
Veronica L. Duffy
Magistrate judge
Eric Claude Schulte
District judge, appointed by Joe Biden (Democratic)
Lawrence Leroy Piersol
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Karen Elizabeth Schreier
District judge, appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
Mark A. Moreno
Magistrate judge
Alonzo Jay EdgertonRetired 1896
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
William D. GerdesRetired 2021
Magistrate judge
Roberto A. Lange
District judge, appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)