--- title: "Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roseann-ambrosia-ketchmark" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - State: Missouri - Role: U.S. District 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, W.D. Missouri, 2015-present - Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Missouri, 2001-2015 - Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark (née Smith, born 1963 in Lindsay, Oklahoma) is an active United States district judge for the Western District of Missouri, appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in 2015 - First assistant prosecutor, Platte County, MO, 1995-2001 - Assistant prosecutor, Jackson County, MO, 1990-1995 ### Education - University of Kansas School of Law in — J.D. (1990) - University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus — B.S. (1986) - Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Oklahoma in 1986, working as a registered nurse in Lindsay, OK, and Kansas City, MO, before law school. ### Additional information - executive assistant, 2010-present - On November 20, 2014, President Obama nominated Ketchmark to replace Judge Gary A. Fenner, who was moving to senior status - first assistant, 2009-2010 - executive assistant, 2006-2007 - first assistant, 2001-2006 - Registered nurse, Lindsay, Oklahoma, and Kansas City, MO, 1986-1990 - Date of birth: 1963-01-01 - Known for her background in both healthcare and public prosecution before judicial service - Birth place: Lindsay, OK ## 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/1394796) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394796) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1394796) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8592/roseann-ambrosia-ketchmark/) - [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/8592/roseann-ambrosia-ketchmark/) - [Wikidata: Roseann A. Ketchmark](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18739723) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roseann-ambrosia-ketchmark", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/roseann-ambrosia-ketchmark", "name": "Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark | KnowJudges", "description": "Roseann Ambrosia Ketchmark, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. 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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.