Mary Dimke

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Mary K. Dimke

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| image = Mary_Katherine_Dimke.jpg

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| caption = Dimke in 2023

| office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

| term_start = December 21, 2021

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| appointer = Joe Biden

| predecessor = Rosanna M. Peterson

| successor =

| office1 = Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

| term_start1 = January 14, 2016

| term_end1 = December 21, 2021

| predecessor1 = James Hutton

| successor1 = Alexander Ekstrom

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1977}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Clarkston, Washington, U.S.}}

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| nationality = USA

| education = Pepperdine University (BA)
Vanderbilt University (JD)

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Mary Katherine Dimke (born 1977) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2016 to 2021.

Early life and education

Dimke was born in 1977 in Clarkston, Washington.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Dimke%20SJQ%20Public%20FINAL.pdf|title=Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=October 18, 2021}} She graduated from Clarkston High School.{{Cite web |last=Thacker |first=Stacy |date=May 31, 2016 |title=Here comes the judge |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/here-comes-the-judge/article_d462d4d1-2308-5172-93c9-95ac16a7bbd6.html |access-date=August 10, 2021 |website=The Lewiston Tribune |language=en}} Dimke received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Pepperdine University in 1999 and her Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2002 as a member of the Order of the Coif.{{Cite press release |title=President Biden Names Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees |date=August 5, 2021 |publisher=The White House |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/05/president-biden-names-sixth-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=August 5, 2021}} {{PD-notice}}

Career

Dimke began her legal career as a law clerk for Judge Alan Bond Johnson of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming from 2002 to 2003. She then clerked for Judge Richard C. Tallman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2003 to 2004. She joined the United States Department of Justice through its Honors Program in 2004 where she served as an attorney in the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division until 2007. She served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington from 2008 to 2012 and for the Eastern District of Washington from 2012 to 2016.

= Federal judicial service =

In November 2015, she was named as a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington to succeed Judge James Hutton. She was sworn in on January 14, 2016,{{Cite web|last=Meyers|first=Donald W.|date=November 7, 2015|title=Federal prosecutor to be magistrate judge in Yakima's U.S. District Court|url=https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/federal-prosecutor-to-be-magistrate-judge-in-yakima-s-u-s-district-court/article_fdd98ec0-85e9-11e5-b106-db76497e524e.html|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=Yakima Herald-Republic|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Mary K. Dimke|url=https://www.uscourts.gov/judicial-milestones/mary-k-dimke|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=United States Courts|language=en}} by Judge Richard C. Tallman.

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On August 5, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Dimke to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Dimke was nominated to the seat being vacated by Judge Rosanna M. Peterson, who subsequently assumed senior status on October 1, 2021.{{Cite press release|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|date=August 5, 2021|publisher=The White House|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/08/05/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-31/}}{{PD-notice}} On October 20, 2021, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=October 20, 2021|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/13/2021/nominations}} On December 2, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 16–6 vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2012.2.21.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 2, 2021|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=December 3, 2021}} On December 18, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 47–23 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00524.htm|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Mary Katherine Dimke to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington)|date=December 18, 2021|website=United States Senate|access-date=December 18, 2021}} That same day, her nomination was confirmed by a 47–23 vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00525.htm|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Mary Katherine Dimke, of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington)|date=December 18, 2021|website=United States Senate|access-date=December 18, 2021}} Dimke received her commission on December 21, 2021.{{FJC Bio|nid=11226656|inline=yes}} She was sworn into office by Chief Judge Stanley Bastian later that day.{{Cite press release |title=Elevation to Article III Judge |date=December 22, 2021 |publisher=United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington |url=https://www.waed.uscourts.gov/news/elevation-article-iii-judge |access-date=December 22, 2021}}