TABLE OF SUCCESSION

CHIEF JUDGES, U.S. DISTRICT COURTS

COLORADO:

1954 – 1959                William L. Knous

1959 – 1976                Alfred A. Arraj

1976 – 1982                Fred M. Winner

1982 -  1994                Sherman G. Finesilver

1994 – 2000                Richard P. Matsch

2000 – 2007                Lewis T. Babcock

2007 – 2008                Edward W. Nottingham, Jr.

2008 – 2013                Wiley Y. Daniel

2013 – Present[1]           Marcia S. Krieger
 

KANSAS:

1950 – 1957                Arthur J. Mellott

1957 – 1961                Delmas C. Hill

1961 – 1971                Arthur J. Stanley, Jr.

1971 – 1977                Wesley E. Brown

1977 – 1981                Frank G. Theis

1981 – 1992                Earl E. O’Connor

1992 – 1995                Patrick F. Kelly

1995 – 2000                G. Thomas Van Bebber

2001 – 2007                John W. Lungstrum

2008 – 2014                Kathryn H. Vratil

2014 – Present [2]           John T. Marten
 

NEW MEXICO:

1954 – 1963                Carl A. Hatch

1963 – 1964                Waldo H. Rogers

1964 – 1978                H. Vearle Payne

1978 – 1987                Howard C. Bratton

1987 – 1989                Santiago E. Campos

1989 – 1994                Juan G. Burciaga

1994 – 2000                John E. Conway

2000 – 2003                James A. Parker

2003 – 2010                Martha A. Vazquez

2010 – 2012                Bruce D. Black

2012 – Present[3]           M. Christina Armijo
 

OKLAHOMA – EASTERN:

1949 – 1963                Eugene Rice

1965 – 1973                Orville Edwin Langley

1973 – 1975                Frederick A. Daugherty

1975 – 1978                Joseph W. Morris

1978 – 1980                Frederick A. Daugherty

1980 – 1996               Frank H. Seay

1996 – 2001                B. Michael Burrage

2002 – Present [4]           James H. Payne
 

OKLAHOMA – NORTHERN: 

1949 – 1961                Royce H. Savage

1962 – 1979                Allen E. Barrow

1979 – 1992                H. Dale Cook

1992 – 1994                James O. Ellison

1994 – 1996                Thomas R. Brett

1996 – 2003                Terence C. Kern

2003 – 2005                Sven E. Holmes

2005 – 2012                Claire V. Eagan

2012 – Present[5]           Gregory K. Frizzell
 

OKLAHOMA – WESTERN:

1949 – 1956                Edgar S. Vaught

1956 -  1969                Stephen S. Chandler, Jr.

1969 – 1972                Luther L. Bohanon

1972 – 1982                Frederick A. Daugherty

1982 – 1986                Luther B. Eubanks

1986 – 1993                Ralph G. Thompson

1993 – 1994                Lee R. West

1994 – 2001                David L. Russell

2001 – 2008                Robin J. Cauthron

2008 – Present[6]           Vicki Miles-LaGrange
 

UTAH:          

1954 – 1978                Willis W. Ritter

1978 – 1984                Aldon J. Anderson

1984 – 1993                Bruce S. Jenkins

1993 – 1997                David K. Winder

1997 – 1999                David Sam

1999 – 2006                Dee V. Benson

2006 – 2011                Tena Campbell

2011 – 2014                B. Ted Stewart

2014 – Present[7]           David O. Nuffer
 

WYOMING:

1956 – 1975                Ewing T. Kerr

1975 -  1992                Clarence A. Brimmer

1992 – 1999                Alan B. Johnson

1999 – 2011                William F. Downes

2011 – Present[8]           Nancy D. Freudenthal

[1] As of July 10, 2015.

[2] As of July 10, 2015.

[3] As of July 10, 2015.

[4] As of July 10, 2015.

[5] As of July 10, 2015.

[6] As of July 10, 2015.

[7] As of July 10, 2015.

[8] As of July 10, 2015.