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# Daneta L. Wollmann

U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota · Magistrate

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota
- State: South Dakota
- Role: Magistrate
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-09-25

## Biography

### Professional career

- U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, serving from 2015 until her retirement on March 31, 2026
- Full-time role: Designated in April 2018 as the first full-time magistrate judge in the Western Division of the district, due to the region’s heavy criminal caseload
- Daneta L. Wollmann became a part-time federal magistrate judge in the District of South Dakota on March 6, 2015, and a full-time magistrate judge on April 1, 2018
- Her appointment as full-time magistrate judge in Rapid City was the first of its kind in the district’s Western Division
- Her prior work included Banks, Johnson, Kappelman & Becker in Rapid City, civil work as an assistant United States attorney, and service as a Beadle County deputy state’s attorney

### Education


### Additional information

- The appointment made her the Western Division’s first full-time magistrate judge
- She handled both civil and criminal matters, including motions in suppression, dismissal, and pretrial release, with a record showing consistent application of the good-faith exception in suppression cases

## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/1698)
- [Official roster](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/40)
- [U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9542/daneta-l-wollmann/)
- [Attorney Newsletter March, 2026](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/1698)
- [Judges' Info | District of South Dakota](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/40)
- [Attorney Newsletter March, 2026](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/1698)
- [Judges' Info | District of South Dakota](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/40)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9542/daneta-l-wollmann/)
- [Daneta Wollmann appointed as Full-Time Magistrate Judge | District of South Dakota | United States District Court](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/news/daneta-wollmann-appointed-full-time-magistrate-judge)
- [Daneta Wollmann - Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Daneta_Wollmann)
- [Attorney Newsletter March, 2026](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/1698)
- [Judges' Info | District of South Dakota](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/40)
- [Attorney Newsletter March, 2026](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/1698)
- [Judges' Info | District of South Dakota](https://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/node/40)

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