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Camela Catherine Theeler

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota · 2024

Camela Catherine Theeler, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota. The Senate voted 90–4 on the nomination on May 16, 2024 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota
    118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    90–4 · May 16, 2024

Education

  • University of South DakotaB.A., 1998
  • University of South Dakota School of Law (now Knudson School of Law)J.D., 2000

Career

Private practice, Mitchell, South Dakota, 2001, 2002-2003; Law clerk, South Dakota Circuit Court, First Judicial Circuit, 2001-2002; Business law instructor, Dakota Wesleyan University, 2002; Private practice, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 2003-2012; Assistant U.S. attorney, Civil Division, District of South Dakota, 2012-2018; deputy chief, Civil Division, 2016-2018; Judge, South Dakota Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, 2018-2024

Biography

Camela Catherine Theeler (née Clark; born 1975) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Second Judicial Circuit Court of the South Dakota from 2018 to 2024.

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Capitol Receipts, “Camela Catherine Theeler: Judge, U.S. District Court for the…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/j13761666/camela-catherine-theeler (accessed 2026-10-13).

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