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United States District Court for the District of Montana

United States federal district court of Montana

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the District of Montana
abbreviation	D. Mont.
seal	MontanaDistrictCourt.gif
seal_size	150
map_image_name	Map of U.S. - MT.svg
map_image_width	150
location	Missoula
location1	Billings
courthouse2	Mike Mansfield Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
location2	Butte
location3	Great Falls
location4	Helena
location5	Glasgow
location6	Havre
location7	Kalispell
location8	Lewistown
location9	Livingston
location10	Miles City
appeals_to	Ninth Circuit
established	November 8, 1889
judges_assigned	3
chief	Brian Morris
us_attorney	Kurt Alme
official_site

The United States District Court for the District of Montana (in case citations, D. Mont.) is the United States District Court whose jurisdiction is the state of Montana (except the part of the state within Yellowstone National Park, which is under the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming). The court is located in Billings, Butte, Great Falls, Helena and Missoula.

Cases from the District of Montana are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 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's Office for the District of Montana represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Kurt Alme has served as the U.S. Attorney since March 17, 2025.

History

The District of Montana was organized on February 22, 1889, by 25 Stat. 676, following Montana's admission to statehood. Congress organized Montana as a single judicial district, and authorized one judgeship for the district court, which was assigned to the Ninth Circuit. A temporary second judgeship was added on September 14, 1922, by 42 Stat. 837, and was made permanent on May 31, 1938, by 52 Stat. 584. On July 10, 1984, by 98 Stat. 333, the third judgeship was authorized.

Current judges

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat	Prior judge's duty station	Seat last held by	Vacancy reason	Date of vacancy	Nominee	Date of nomination
2	Billings	Susan P. Watters	Senior status	url=https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/future-judicial-vacancies	title=Future Judicial Vacancies \| United States Courts	website=www.uscourts.gov}}

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

References

{{USC. 28. 106.
{{USC. 28. 131.
(March 17, 2025). "Kurt Alme to serve as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana". U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Montana.
[http://www.mtd.uscourts.gov/sites/mtd/files/History_Judgeship2.pdf U. S. District Court Judges, District of Montana, 1889 - 2016].
"Future Judicial Vacancies | United States Courts".

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