--- title: "Wayne Edward Alley | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/wayne-edward-alley" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Wayne Edward Alley U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma - State: Oklahoma - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Law clerk, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1957-present - Judge, District Court, W.D. Oklahoma, 1985-1999 - Dean/professor of law, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1981-1985 - Chief Trial Judge, U.S. Army Court of Military Review (1975) - �����Judge, U.S. Army Court of Military Review, 1974-1975 - �����Judge, U.S. Army Court of Military Review, 1972-1973 - �����Military judge, U.S. Army Trial Judiciary, Schofield Barracks, HI, 1970-1972 - �����Military judge, U.S. Army Trial Judiciary, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam, 1968-1969 - �����Faculty, Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, VA, 1965-1968 - Retired senior United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ### Education - Stanford University — J.D. (1957) - Stanford University — B.A. (1952) ### Additional information - chief trial judge, 1975-present - Service: held the role of judge from July 11, 1985, until May 16, 1999, when he assumed senior status - �����Judge advocate -- Europe, Heidelberg, Germany, 1978-1981 - U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1959-1981 - �����Chief, criminal law division, 1975-1978 - Military judge in Saigon, Vietnam (1968–1969) and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii (1970–1972) - �����Assistant staff judge advocate -- Okinawa, Japan, Fort Sill, OK, 1959-1964 - Private practice, Portland, OR, 1957-1959 - U.S. Army lieutenant, 1952-1954 - Born May 18, 1932, Portland, Oregon. - Date of birth: 1932-01-01 ## 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/1377121) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377121) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1377121) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/82/wayne-edward-alley/) - [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/82/wayne-edward-alley/) - [Wikidata: Wayne Edward Alley](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7976200) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/wayne-edward-alley", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/wayne-edward-alley", "name": "Wayne Edward Alley | KnowJudges", "description": "Wayne Edward Alley, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. 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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.