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District court

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

JudgeTitleAppointed byStatus
Stanley Allen BastianJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Thomas Owen RiceJudgeBarack ObamaActive
Mary Katherine DimkeJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
Rebecca Louise PennellJudgeJoseph R. BidenActive
William Fremming NielsenJudgeGeorge H.W. BushSenior status
Robert H. WhaleyJudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Edward F. SheaJudgeWilliam J. ClintonSenior status
Lonny R. SukoJudgeGeorge W. BushSenior status
Rosanna Malouf PetersonJudgeBarack ObamaSenior status

The court’s website: https://www.waed.uscourts.gov

From the Federal Judicial Center’s directory as of Nov. 4, 2026. This is a plain list: the full page could not be shown.