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Judicial Archive

For additional information about the district's current judges, visit the Judges' Information page.

Judge Dundy — Elmer Scipio
Dundy
1868-1896

Judge Delehant — John Wayne
Delehant
1942-1972

Albert Gerard
Schatz
1973-1985

Joseph F.
Bataillon
1997-

Judge McHugh — William Douglas
McHugh
1896-1897

Judge Robinson — Richard Earl
Robinson
1956-1991

C. Arlen
Beam
1981-1987

Laurie
Smith Camp
2001-2020

Judge W. Munger — William Henry
Munger
1897-1915

Judge Van Pelt — Robert
Van Pelt
1957-1988

Lyle Elmer
Strom
1985-2017

John M.
Gerrard
2012-

Judge T Munger — Thomas Charles
Munger
1907-1941

Judge Urbom — Warren Keith
Urbom
1970-2014

William G.
Cambridge
1988-2000

Robert F.
Rossiter, Jr.
2016-

Judge Woodrough — Joseph William
Woodrough
1916-1933

Judge Denney — Robert Vernon
Denney
1971-1981

Richard George
Kopf
1992-2022

Brian C.
Buescher
2019-

Judge Donohoe — James A.
Donohoe
1933-1956

Judge Dier — Richard A.
Dier
1971-1972

Thomas Michael
Shanahan
1993-2007

Susan M.
Bazis
2024-

*Doctors John Wunder and Mark Scherer, professors of history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Nebraska-Omaha, respectively, have published a history of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska during the tenure of its first five judges: "Echo of Its Time: The History of the Federal District Court of Nebraska, 1867-1933" (University of Nebraska Press, 2019).