Judge Currently Seated

Sarah I. Wheelock

Minnesota Court of Appeals · Appointed January 10, 2022

Portrait of Sarah I. Wheelock
Education and employment

Education:
J.D., with distinction, University of Iowa
B.A., with distinction and honors, University of Iowa

Past Employment:
Legal counsel, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Prior Lake
Adjunct Professor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Appellate Judge, White Earth Band of Chippewa Court of Appeals

Personal and Professional Memberships:
Member, Meskwaki Nation (federally recognized as the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa)
Member and past Vice President, Minnesota American Indian Bar Association
Member, National Native American Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Former member, Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection
Community Activities:
Director, board for the Division of Indian Work
Assistant Director, Twin Cities Native Lacrosse
Former chair, American Indian Parent Action Committee, Prior Lake-Savage Area School District

Judicial record

639 opinions where Sarah I. Wheelock sat on the panel, spanning 2022–2026.

256 Majority authored
378 Joined majority
1 Concurrences
4 Dissents

By court

  • Minn. Ct. App. 639

By disposition

  • Affirmed 487
  • Reversed 70
  • Mixed 65
  • Other 11
  • Dismissed 4
  • Remanded 2

Panel votes per year

How Sarah I. Wheelock's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Add ?vs=<another-judge-slug> to the URL to overlay a second judge, or click compare next to any co-panelist below.

0 35 70 105 140 175 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2022: 104 votes — Sarah I. Wheelock 2023: 129 votes — Sarah I. Wheelock 2024: 141 votes — Sarah I. Wheelock 2025: 157 votes — Sarah I. Wheelock 2026: 108 votes — Sarah I. Wheelock
  • Sarah I. Wheelock

Most-frequent co-panelists

Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Sarah I. Wheelock sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
A25-2231 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed Dorothy L. Henschel, Relator,
A25-0350 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-17 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded A25-2054
A26-0163 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-17 Affirmed in part A26-0226
A25-1385 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-1805 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-1982 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed Joe Hoffman, Appellant,
A25-1654 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded In re the Custody of the Children of:
A25-1663 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed Omar Auquil Muhammad, petitioner, Appellant,
A26-0068 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-1594 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-03 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-2006 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-03 Affirmed Hykeem Green, Relator,
A25-1744 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-03 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A26-0350 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-03 Affirmed Ashcel Companies, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, Appellant,
A25-2233 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-27 Affirmed Lake West Development LLC, Appellant,
A25-1110 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-27 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded State of Minnesota, Respondent,