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Wyoming Eighth District Court
Court
The Wyoming Eighth District Court is one of nine district courts in Wyoming. It serves Converse, Goshen, Niobrara, and Platte County.
Judges
Former judges
See also
- Converse County, Wyoming
- Goshen County, Wyoming
- Niobrara County, Wyoming
- Platte County, Wyoming
- Wyoming District Courts
External links
- Wyoming Judicial Branch, "District Courts Directory"
- Wyoming Judicial Branch, "Wyoming District Courts"
Elections
- See also: Wyoming judicial elections
Wyoming is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Wyoming, click here.
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2025
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2024
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2023
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2022
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2021
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2020
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2019
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2018
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2017
- Wyoming local trial court judicial elections, 2016
- Wyoming judicial elections, 2014
- Wyoming judicial elections, 2012
- Wyoming judicial elections, 2010
Selection method
- See also: Assisted appointment
The 22 judges of the Wyoming District Courts are appointed by the governor. When a vacancy occurs, the governor appoints a replacement from a list of three names provided by a nominating commission. Newly-appointed judges serve for at least one year, after which they must stand for retention in the next general election. Subsequent terms last six years.[2][3]
Qualifications
To serve on the district court a judge must be:[2]
- a U.S. citizen;
- a state resident for at least two years;
- no younger than 28 years old; and
- no older than 70.*
*Immediate retirement is mandatory for sitting judges who reach the age of 70 while in office.
Election rules
Retention election
In retention elections, judges do not compete against another candidate, but voters are given a "yes" or "no" choice whether to keep the justice in office for another term. Candidates must win a majority of the vote for retention. If a candidate fails to file a declaration of candidacy before the deadline, or does not receive a majority of "yes" votes, a vacancy is created at the expiration of that term.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Wyoming Judicial Branch, "District Courts Directory," accessed July 1, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Wyoming," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Wyoming," archived January 13, 2012
- ↑ Wyoming Secretary of State, "Constitution of the State of Wyoming, Article V, Section 4," accessed April 28, 2014
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Wyoming • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Wyoming
State courts:
Wyoming Supreme Court • Wyoming District Courts • Wyoming Circuit Courts • Wyoming Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Wyoming • Wyoming judicial elections • Judicial selection in Wyoming
