United States District Court for the District of Kansas

The United States District Court for the District of Kansas (in case citations, D. Kan.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Kansas. The Court operates out of the Robert J. Dole United States Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas, the Frank Carlson Federal Building in Topeka, and the United States Courthouse in Wichita. The District of Kansas was created in 1861, replacing the territorial court that preceded it, and President Abraham Lincoln appointed Archibald Williams as the Court's first judge.

Appeals from the District of Kansas are made to the United States Court of Appeals for 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 United States attorney is Kate E. Brubacher. On March 12, 2015, Ronald L. Miller, most recently police chief of Topeka, Kansas, was confirmed as U.S. Marshal.

The clerk of court is Skyler B. O'Hara, who is located in Topeka.

U.S. Attorneys

 * Andrew Jackson Isacks 1854-57
 * William Weer 1857-58
 * Alson C. Davis 1858-61
 * Thomas Means 1861
 * John T. Burris 1861
 * Robert Crozier 1861-64
 * James S. Emory 1864-67
 * Samuel Riggs 1867-69
 * Albert H. Horton 1869-73
 * Cyrus I. Scofield 1873
 * George R. Peck 1874-79
 * James R. Hallowell 1879-85
 * William C. Perry 1885-89
 * Joseph W. Ady 1889-93
 * William C. Perry 1893-97
 * Isaac E. Lambert 1897-1901
 * John S. Dean 1901-05
 * Harry J. Bone 1905-13
 * Fred Robertson 1913-21
 * Albert F. Williams 1921-30
 * Sardius M. Brewster 1930-34
 * Summerfield S. Alexander 1934-42
 * George H. West 1942-45
 * Randolph Carpenter 1945-48
 * Lester Luther 1948-52
 * Eugene W. Davis 1952-53
 * George Templar 1953-54
 * William C. Farmer 1954-58
 * William C. Leonard 1958-61
 * Newell A. George 1961-68
 * Benjamin E. Franklin 1968-69
 * Robert J. Roth 1969-75
 * E. Edward Johnson 1975-77
 * James P. Buchele 1977-81
 * Jim J. Marquez 1981-84
 * Benjamin L. Burgess, Jr. 1984-90
 * Lee Thompson 1990-93
 * Jackie N. Williams 1993
 * Randy Rathbun 1993-96
 * Jackie N. Williams 1996-2001
 * Eric Melgren 2002-2008
 * Marietta Parker 2008-2009
 * Lanny Welch 2009-2010
 * Barry Grissom 2010-2016
 * Stephen McAllister 2018-2021
 * Duston J. Slinkard 2021-2023
 * Kate E. Brubacher 2023-present