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Susan Pamela Watters
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. Senior status since June 8, 2026.
Confirmed 77 to 19Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- May 23, 2013
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 24, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), September 19, 2013
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 77 to 19
- Confirmed
- December 12, 2013
- Commissioned
- December 18, 2013
- Senior status
- Since June 8, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1958, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Diane G. Barz, Montana District Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, 1988-1989
- Law clerk, Hon. Maurice Colberg, Montana District Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, 1989
- Deupty county attorney, Yellowstone County, Montana, 1989-1995
- Private practice, Billings, Montana, 1995-1998
- Judge, Montana District Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, 1998-2013
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