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U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota: Chief Judges
District of Minnesota
Number of chief judges: 11 Nordbye, Gunnar Hans (1948-1959)
Devitt, Edward James (1959-1981)
Lord, Miles Welton (1981-1985)
Alsop, Donald Douglas (1985-1992)
MacLaughlin, Harry Hunter (1992)
Murphy, Diana E. (1992-1994)
Magnuson, Paul Arthur (1994-2001)
Rosenbaum, James Michael (2001-2008)
Davis, Michael James (2008-2015)
Tunheim, John R. (2015-2022)
Schiltz, Patrick Joseph (2022-present)