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Jane Louise Kelly
Judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
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Biography and careerSource-attributed professional, judicial, and education record
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures1 sourced item · labeled by scope
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Biography
Professional career
- supervising attorney, 1999-2013
- Assistant federal public defender, Northern District of Iowa, 1994-2013
- Visiting instructor, University of Illinois College of Law, 1993-1994
- Law clerk, Hon. David R. Hansen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1992-1993
- Law clerk, Hon. Donald J. Porter, U.S. District Court, District of South Dakota, 1991-1992
Judicial service
- Judge, Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2013-present
- Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Education
- Duke University · B.A., 1987
- Harvard University · J.D., 1991
- Harvard Law School
- Duke University
Personal record
Born 1964 · Greencastle, IN
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Oral argument
Courtwide
In federal courts of appeals, oral argument is allowed unless a three-judge panel unanimously finds one of Rule 34's specified grounds for dispensing with it; the clerk provides the date, time, place, and time allocation.
Oral argument must be allowed in every case unless a panel of three judges who have examined the briefs and record unanimously agrees that oral argument is unnecessaryFederal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗
Sources
Federal Judicial Center biography
Identity source · HTML · checked July 25, 2026
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Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
View CourtListener judicial biographical directory ↗Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument
Courtwide source · HTML · checked July 26, 2026
View Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34, Oral Argument ↗