--- title: "Monti L. Belot | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monti-l-belot" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Monti L. Belot 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, 1991-2008 - Special assistant to U.S. attorney, District of Kansas, 1976-1978 - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Kansas, 1973-1976 - Law clerk, Hon. Wesley E. Brown, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas, 1971-1973 - Monti Louis Belot is an inactive senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas ### Education - University of Kansas School of Law — J.D. (1968) - University of Kansas — B.A. (1965) ### Additional information - Private practice, Coffeyville, KS, 1983-1991 - Private practice, Coffeyville, Kansas, 1983-1991 - Private practice, Kansas City, KS, 1976-1983 - U.S. Naval Reserve legal officer, JAG Corps, 1968-1971 - He held the role of a U.S. Naval Reserve legal officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1968 to 1971 - Born March 4, 1943, in Kansas City, Missouri. - Date of birth: 1943-01-01 - 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 ### courtroom technology Scope: courtwide Courtwide presentation-related guidance applies to this judge. Evidence excerpt: Attorney Lectern/Attorney Tables . HDMI and VGA connections are available in most courtrooms, for connecting electronic devices to display evidence. Participants will need to bring adapters. [Courtroom Technology | District of Kansas | United States District Court](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/1377726) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377726) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377726) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/245/monti-l-belot/) - [Courtroom Technology | District of Kansas | United States District Court](https://www.ksd.uscourts.gov/courtroom-technology) - [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/245/monti-l-belot/) - [Judge Monti L. Belot](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377726) - [Wikidata: Monti L. Belot](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6905910) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monti-l-belot", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monti-l-belot", "name": "Monti L. Belot | KnowJudges", "description": "Monti L. Belot, U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.", "dateModified": "2026-10-09", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monti-l-belot#judge" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/monti-l-belot#judge", "name": "Monti L. 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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.