Since the creation of the District on March 18, 1966, the court has lost five of its District Judges. This page contains tributes to the lives of each of those judges: Sherrill Halbert (1901-1991); Edward Dean Price (1911-1997); Philip C. Wilkins (1913-1998); Thomas J. MacBride (1914-2000); and Milton L. Schwartz (1920-2005).

The year 2003 marked the passing of Magistrate Judge Hollis B. Best (1926-2003), of Yosemite, and former Chief Bankruptcy Judge Loren S. Dahl. This page also contains tributes to them.