--- title: "Scott P. Klosterman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-p-klosterman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-08" --- # Scott P. Klosterman U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming · Chief United States Magistrate Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming - State: Wyoming - Role: Chief United States Magistrate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-29 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Klosterman has held the role of a U.S. magistrate judge since 2024 and was appointed to the bench by the judges of the District of Wyoming - Before joining the judiciary, he practiced law in Casper, Wyoming, as a shareholder at Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C. from 2001 onward. - Attorney, Brown, Drew & Massey, LLP - Attorney / private practice, Williams, Porter, Day & Neville - The Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, based in Cheyenne, WY - In summary: Judge Klosterman is a seasoned Wyoming attorney with extensive litigation and appellate experience, now serving as the District’s Chief Magistrate Judge - His private practice focused on oil and gas, medical liability, insurance defense, and appellate work - He also worked in the Wyoming state public defender’s office ### Education - Law degree — University of Wyoming College of Law — 1996 - Gustavus Adolphus College — B.A. - Fellow — American College of Trial Lawyers ### Additional information - Verified in Wyoming Supreme Court litigation. - Procedures for Direct Testimony by Written Statement - These documents are updated periodically; parties should verify the latest version on the official court website before filing. - overseeing significant cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. - Admitted to: Wyoming state bar, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming, U.S. Tax Court, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and Colorado bar ## 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: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: Attorneys should provide their trial exhibits in the proper electronic format a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the start of trial. For detailed instructions on how counsel should format and submit the electronic evidence to the Court, please refer to the Jury Evidence Recording System Information (JERS) at https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/attorneys . Parties may obtain… [SPKfpt-jury.docx](https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/sites/wyd/files/SPKfpt-jury.docx) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: If possible, exhibits approaching or exceeding this size limit should be separated into multiple files. Parties may obtain additional information regarding the submission of electronic exhibits by contacting the Clerk’s Office. ( h ) DEPOSITIONS : Any party proposing to offer all or any portion of a deposition shall notify opposing counsel at least ten… [SPKfpt-bench.docx](https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/sites/wyd/files/SPKfpt-bench.docx) 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.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=117) - [Official roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=117) - [U.S. Courts judicial profile or roster](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/cjra_na_0331.2026.pdf#page=117) - [SPKfpt-jury.docx](https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/sites/wyd/files/SPKfpt-jury.docx) - [SPKfpt-bench.docx](https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/sites/wyd/files/SPKfpt-bench.docx) - [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) - [Oil City News profile: Scott Klosterman](https://oilcity.news/promoted/2020/11/18/doing-it-right-local-attorney-describes-lessons-learned-in-the-far-east/) - [Wyoming Supreme Court opinion identifying Scott Klosterman as counsel](https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2000/124049.html) - [Williams, Porter, Day & Neville attorney profile/material](https://www.wpdn.net/) - [Official Wyoming judicial source](https://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/node/241) - [Oil City News profile: Scott Klosterman](https://oilcity.news/promoted/2020/11/18/doing-it-right-local-attorney-describes-lessons-learned-in-the-far-east/) - [Wyoming Supreme Court opinion identifying Scott Klosterman as counsel](https://law.justia.com/cases/wyoming/supreme-court/2000/124049.html) - [Williams, Porter, Day & Neville attorney profile/material](https://www.wpdn.net/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-p-klosterman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/scott-p-klosterman", "name": "Scott P. 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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-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.