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# Walter Holloway

Wilkinson County Magistrate Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Wilkinson County Magistrate Court
- State: Georgia
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## 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

### electronic devices and recording

Scope: statewide

Georgia's class-specific Uniform Court Rules govern electronic devices and recording in state trial courts. Before using recording, photography, livestreaming, or similar courtroom technology, confirm the governing rule and the assigned court's procedure.

Evidence excerpt: Uniform Superior, Juvenile, Magistrate, Municipal and Probate Court Rules

[Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/5dc3160164bcca00153fb5ed/)
- [Official roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/5dc3160164bcca00153fb5ed/)
- [Supreme Court of Georgia, court orders amending Uniform Trial Court Rules](https://www.gasupreme.us/rules/amendments-to-rules)
- [Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://georgiacourts.knack.com/gcd2/#directory-entries/entry-details/5dc3160164bcca00153fb5ed/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Court, D. Neb., filed May 15, 2023) — A civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Judge Schaltz
- Served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit — 1968–1992, later as Senior Judge until his death in 2014
- Held the position of Chief Judge of the Tenth Circuit — 1984–1991
- These cases do not indicate that Walter Holloway is a judge; rather, he is a litigant in federal court
- The name appears in litigation as a plaintiff, and the only notable judge with the Holloway surname is William Judson Holloway Jr., a former Tenth Circuit judge

### Education



### Additional information

- Family Sickness of Insanity et al (No. 8:2020‐cv‐00441, D. Neb., filed Oct. 21, 2020) — Another § 1983 claim, dismissed without prejudice in November 2020 by Senior Judge Richard G. Kopf for failure to meet procedural requirements
- William Judson Holloway Jr. (1923–2014) was a prominent U.S. federal judge
- Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, confirmed by the Senate in 1968
- Senior Judge Joseph F. Bataillon issued the dismissal order



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Georgia Magistrate Court Rule 15 — virtual proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-92c085addd8bb83007e0ba04) — Georgia Magistrate Courts only. Virtual proceedings; consent, exceptions and judicial orders control. Dated 2023 source, later amendments not exhaustively certified. [Official source](https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Order-approving-Magistrate-videoconferencing-rules_entered.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.