United States District Court for the District of Colorado



The United States District Court for the District of Colorado (in case citations, D. Colo. or D. Col.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The District was established on June 26, 1876, pending Colorado statehood on August 1, 1876.

, the acting United States attorney for the District is Matthew T. Kirsch.

Organization of the court
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado is the sole federal judicial district in Colorado. Court for the District is held at Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, and Grand Junction.

U.S. Attorney

 * Theodore D. Edwards 1861
 * James E. Dalliba 1861
 * Samuel E. Brown 1862
 * Lewis C. Rockwell 1870-73
 * H. C. Alleman 1873-75
 * Charles D. Bradley 1875-77
 * W. S. Decker 1877-80
 * Edward S. Johnson 1880-82
 * Andrew W. Brazee 1882-85
 * Henry W. Hobson 1885-89
 * John D. Fleming 1889-93
 * Henry V. Johnson 1893-97
 * Greeley W. Whitford 1897-1901
 * Earl M. Cranston 1901-08
 * Thomas Ward, Jr. 1908-12
 * Harry E. Kelly 1912-14
 * Harry B. Tedrow 1914-21
 * John Foster Symes 1921-22
 * Granby Hillyer 1922-24
 * George Stephan 1924-29
 * Ralph L. Carr 1929-33
 * Thomas J. Morrissey 1933-47
 * Ivor Wingren 1947
 * Max M. Bulkeley 1947-51
 * Charles S. Vigil 1951-53
 * Donald E. Kelley 1953-58
 * Robert S. Wham 1958-59
 * Donald G. Brotzman 1959-61
 * Lawrence M. Henry 1961-69
 * James L. Treece 1969-77
 * Cathlin Donnell 1977
 * Joseph F. Dolan 1977-81
 * Robert N. Miller 1981-88
 * Michael J. Norton 1988-93
 * James R. Allison 1993
 * Henry Lawrence Solano 1993-98
 * Linda A. McMahan 1998-1999?
 * Tom Strickland 1999-2001
 * John Suthers 2001-2005
 * Troy A. Eid 2006-2009
 * David Gaouette (acting) 2009-2010
 * John F. Walsh 2010-2016
 * Robert Troyer 2016-2018
 * Jason R. Dunn 2018-2021
 * Matthew T. Kirsch (acting) 2021
 * Cole Finegan 2021–2024
 * Matthew T. Kirsch (acting) 2024–present