--- title: "Daniel Dale Crabtree | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-dale-crabtree" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Daniel Dale Crabtree U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas - State: Kansas - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. Kansas, 2014-present - Commissioned: May 1, 2014, as the 28th U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas ### Education - Ottawa University - University of Kansas School of Law ### Additional information - Succeeded by Judge Anthony Wayne Mattivi upon assuming senior status in 2025 - Private practice, Kansas City, MO, 2002-2014 - Appointed: Nominated by President Barack Obama on August 1, 2013, to the seat vacated by Judge John Watson Lungstrum - Private practice, Leawood, KS, 1981-2002 - Born August 10, 1956, in Kansas City, Missouri - Date of birth: 1956-01-01 - Before joining the federal judiciary, Crabtree spent 32 years in private practice with Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP (now Stinson Leonard Street LLP) in Wichita, Kansas, and later Kansas City, Missouri He represented businesses and governmental entities in complex civil litigation, including commercial and antitrust cases, and held the role of General Counsel for the Kansas City Royals - Also active in civic and charitable work, including service on the boards of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission District of Kansas - Birth place: Kansas City, MO ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394441) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394441) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394441) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/753/daniel-dale-crabtree/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/753/daniel-dale-crabtree/) - [Wikidata: Daniel D. Crabtree](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16241205) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-dale-crabtree", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/daniel-dale-crabtree", "name": "Daniel Dale Crabtree | KnowJudges", "description": "Daniel Dale Crabtree, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.