United States District Court for the District of South Dakota

is the United States District Court or the Federal district court, whose jurisdiction for issues pertaining to federal law or diversity for the state of South Dakota.The court is based in Sioux Falls with other courthouses in Rapid City, Pierre, and Aberdeen.As of February 26, 2021[update] the acting United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota is Dennis R. Holmes.As of June 4, 2024[update]: Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district court.The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
Federal Building and United States CourthouseSioux FallsRapid CityPierreUnited States Post Office and CourthouseAberdeenEighth CircuitChief JudgeRoberto LangeU.S. AttorneyU.S. Marshalcase citationsSouth DakotaUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitpatentTucker ActFederal CircuitUnited States Attorney for the District of South DakotaSeniorEric SchulteCamela C. TheelerLawrence L. PiersolClintonCharles B. KornmannKaren SchreierChief JudgeSenior statusAlonzo J. EdgertonB. HarrisonJohn Emmett Carland Cleveland8th Cir.James Douglas ElliottAlfred Lee Wyman HooverGeorge T. Mickelson EisenhowerAxel J. BeckFred Joseph NicholL. JohnsonAndrew Wendell Bogue NixonDonald J. Porter CarterJohn Bailey Jones ReaganRichard BatteyJeffrey L. Viken ObamaRecess appointmentUnited States SenateEdgertonCarlandElliottMickelsonNicholKornmannBatteySchreierSchultePorterPiersolTheelerCourts of South DakotaList of current United States district judgesList of United States federal courthouses in South DakotaEighth Circuit Court of AppealsE. ArkansasMillerMarshallRudofskyW. ArkansasHickeyBrooksN. IowaWilliamsStrandS. IowaEbingerLocherMinnesotaSchiltzTostrudBraselMenendezBlackwellProvinzinoE. MissouriAutreyPitlykSchelpW. MissouriPhillipsHarpoolKetchmarkNebraskaRossiterBuescherNorth DakotaTraynorWrightWilsonHendrenDawsonHolmesLongstaffGritznerMagnusonTunheimMontgomeryEricksenNelsonFilippineHamiltonWebberLaughreySippelLimbaughFleissigWhippleGaitanFennerBataillonGerrardHovlandUnited States federal courtsSupreme Court of the United StatesUnited States courts of appealsList of United States district and territorial courtsCourts of appealsFederalDistrict courtsAlaskaArizonaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaHawaiiKansasMarylandMassachusettsMontanaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNorth DakotaOregonPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaVermontWyomingCourt of International Trade Judicial Panel on Multidistrict LitigationAlien Terrorist Removal CourtForeign Intelligence Surveillance Court Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of ReviewTerritorial courtsNorthern Mariana IslandsVirgin IslandsFormer United States district courtsDistrict of OrleansDistrict of PotomacEastern District of IllinoisDistrict of the Canal ZoneDistrict of ChinaDistrict of BerlinAmerican Samoaits own Supreme Court