--- title: "Holly Lou Teeter | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/holly-lou-teeter" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Holly Lou Teeter 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: active - 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, 2018-present - Holly Lou Teeter (née Hydeman) is a United States district judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, appointed on August 3, 2018 by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2018 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Missouri, 2016-2018 - Law clerk to Judge Brian C. Wimes, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri (2013–2016) - Law clerk to Judge Carlos Murguia, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas (2011–2013) - Law Clerk, District Court, D. Kansas, 2011-2013 - Patent law clerk, Los Alamos National Security LLC, Los Alamos, NM, 2006-2007 ### Education - She completed a Diploma in Legal Studies at the University of Oxford in 2003, and later received her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2006, graduating valedictorian with Order of the Coif honors - She graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, then obtained a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with highest distinction from the University of Kansas School of Engineering in 2002. ### Additional information - President Trump nominated Teeter on January 8, 2018 to replace Judge Kathryn H. Vratil, who had taken senior status in 2014. - Private practice, Kansas City, MO, 2007-2011 - Date of birth: 1979-01-01 - Recognized for her background in patent law and federal prosecution work - Birth place: Kansas City, KS ## 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/5019311) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5019311) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5019311) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8641/holly-lou-teeter/) - [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/8641/holly-lou-teeter/) - [Wikidata: Holly Lou Teeter](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34817671) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/holly-lou-teeter", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/holly-lou-teeter", "name": "Holly Lou Teeter | KnowJudges", "description": "Holly Lou Teeter, 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.