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Brian Curtis Wimes

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Born 1966.

Federal judicial service

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Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri

Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nominated
Sep 22, 2011
Senate vote
92 to 1
Confirmed
Apr 23, 2012
Commissioned
Apr 30, 2012

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Appointed by
Barack Obama (Democratic)
Nominated
Sep 22, 2011
Senate vote
92 to 1
Confirmed
Apr 23, 2012
Commissioned
Apr 30, 2012

Education

  • A.A., Longview Community College (now Metropolitan Community College), 1987
  • B.G.S., University of Kansas, 1990
  • J.D., Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1994

Career

  • Attorney advisor, Litigation Branch, Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1994-1995
  • Assistant prosecutor, Jackson County, Missouri, 1995-2001
  • Drug court commissioner, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2001-2007
  • Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, 2007-2012

DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026

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