Federal Judicial Service
On March 8, 1999, President Clinton nominated Schreier to be a judge on the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota to replace Richard Howard Battey, who had taken senior status on January 1, 1999. The United States Senate confirmed Schreier on June 30, 1999 as part of a package of nominees it approved in a 94-4 vote.
Schreier served as the chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota from 2006 until 2013.
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