Wiley Young Daniel (September 10, 1946 – May 10, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Wiley Young Daniel
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Born 1946 in Louisville, KY
Died 2019 in Denver, CO
FJC ID: 559
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year
Colorado District Court · 1995–2019
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Iliff School of TheologyDirector and vice-chair · 1983–present
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado1977–1995
- Personnel Services BoardDirector · 1979–1983
Adjunct professor · 1977–1980- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan1971–1977
- Detroit College of LawAdjunct professor · 1974–1977
- Wayne County [Michigan] Neighborhood Legal ServicesDirector · 1974–1976
Appointments
1995–2019 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1971- Howard UniversityB.A. · 1968