United States District Court for the District of VermontdistrictRetired 1906 · served 1877–1906Appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) 31 signed orders read
Judge Wheeler no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Wheeler decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He accepted direct, detailed, and uncontradicted testimony when it overcame the presumption arising from an appellant's recent presence abroad.
“It is not contradicted or discredited, and cannot justly be disregarded.”
He required evidence of an actual transfer or concealment before reopening a discharge record on allegations of fraud.
“There does not appear to have been any actual transfer, removal, destruction, or concealment of this property, nor. any permission of such, for there was none.”
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No case-level docket record was returned for this 1877-1906 tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about caseload mix, case duration, administrative dispositions, or motion timing.
A historical record
Judge Wheeler 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.