Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, Jeffrey Viken announced today that the Court has selected Daneta Wollmann to be the full-time magistrate judge in Rapid City effective April 1, 2018. Judge Wollmann has been serving as a part-time magistrate judge since March 2015. The appointment marks the first time there has been a full- time magistrate judge position in the Western Division. The Judicial Conference of the United States authorized conversion of the part-time magistrate judge position to a full-time position in Rapid City based on the District’s unusually heavy criminal caseload.
Judge Wollmann is a graduate of Purdue University and the University of South Dakota, School of Law. Prior to her service with the Court, Judge Wollmann was a partner at Banks, Johnson, Kappelman and Becker. Judge Wollmann also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division and as a Deputy States Attorney in Beadle County.
Judge Wollmann serves with Veronica Duffy, who is the full-time magistrate judge in Sioux Falls, Mark Moreno who is the part-time magistrate judge in Pierre and William Gerdes who is the part-time magistrate judge in Aberdeen.