- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
-
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
(N.D. Ind.)Appeals to Seventh Circuit Established April 21, 1928 Judges assigned 5 Chief judge Philip P. Simon Official site The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (in case citations, N.D. Ind.) was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. As part of the act, the Northern District was divided into three divisions, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Hammond (which has a sub-office in Lafayette). Appeals from this court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The court has eight judges and four magistrate judges.
Contents
History
The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by 3 Stat. 390.[1][2] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by 45 Stat. 437.[2] Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.
Divisions of the Northern District
- Fort Wayne: Adams County, Allen County, Blackford County, DeKalb County, Grant County, Huntington County, Jay County, LaGrange County, Noble County, Steuben County, Wells County, and Whitley County.
- Hammond: Lake County and Porter County.
- Lafayette: Benton County, Carroll County, Jasper County, Newton County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County and White County.
- South Bend: Cass County, Elkhart County, Fulton County, Kosciusko County, LaPorte County, Marshall County, Miami County, Pulaski County, St. Joseph County, Starke County and Wabash County.
Current judges
# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior 14 Chief Judge Philip P. Simon Hammond 1962 2003–present 2010–present — G.W. Bush 12 District Judge Robert Lowell Miller Jr. South Bend 1950 1985–present 2003–2010 — Reagan 15 District Judge Theresa Lazar Springmann Fort Wayne 1956 2003–present — — G.W. Bush 16 District Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen Hammond 1943 2007–present — — G.W. Bush 17 District Judge Jon DeGuilio South Bend 1955 2010–present — — Obama 9 Senior District Judge William Charles Lee Fort Wayne 1938 1981–2003 1997–2003 2003–present Reagan 11 Senior District Judge James Tyne Moody Hammond 1938 1982–2003 (none) 2003–present Reagan 13 Senior District Judge Rodolfo Lozano Hammond 1942 1988–2007 (none) 2007–present Reagan Former judges
# Judge State Born/Died Active service Term as Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination1 Thomas Whitten Slick IN 1869–1959 1928[3]–1943 (none) (none) Coolidge retirement 2 Luther Merritt Swygert IN 1905–1988 1943–1961 1954–1961 (none) F. Roosevelt appointment to 7th Cir. 3 William Lynn Parkinson IN 1902–1959 1954–1957 (none) (none) Eisenhower appointment to 7th Cir. 4 Robert A. Grant IN 1905–1998 1957–1972 1961–1972 1972–1998 Eisenhower death 5 George N. Beamer IN 1904–1974 1962–1974 1972–1974 (none) Kennedy death 6 Jesse E. Eschbach IN 1920–2005 1962–1981 1974–1981 (none) Kennedy appointment to 7th Cir. 7 Allen Sharp IN 1932–2009 1973–2007 1981–1996 2007–2009 Nixon death 8 Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. IN 1924–1981 1976–1981 (none) (none) Ford death 10 Michael Stephen Kanne IN 1938–present 1982–1987 (none) (none) Reagan appointment to 7th Cir. See also
- Courts of Indiana
- List of United States federal courthouses in Indiana
References
- ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392.
- ^ a b U.S. District Courts of Indiana, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Initially appointed to the District of Indiana in 1925 by Calvin Coolidge; reassigned to the Northern District of Indiana in 1928.
External links
United States district and territorial courts List of United States district and territorial courtsGeographic
BoundariesDistrict Courts Alabama (N, M, S) • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas (E, W) • California (C, E, N, S) • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • District of Columbia • Florida (N, M, S) • Georgia (N, M, S) • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois (N, C, S) • Indiana (N, S) • Iowa (N, S) • Kansas • Kentucky (E, W) • Louisiana (E, M, W) • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan (E, W) • Minnesota • Mississippi (N, S) • Missouri (E, W) • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York (E, N, S, W) • North Carolina (E, M, W) • North Dakota • Ohio (N, S) • Oklahoma (E, N, W) • Oregon • Pennsylvania (E, M, W) • Puerto Rico • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee (E, M, W) • Texas (E, N, S, W) • Utah • Vermont • Virginia (E, W) • Washington (E, W) • West Virginia (N, S) • Wisconsin (E, W) • WyomingTerritorial courts Extinct courts Former United States district courts • United States District Court for the District of Orleans • District of Potomac • Eastern District of Illinois • District of the Canal Zone • District of ChinaCategories:- United States district courts
- Indiana law
- South Bend, Indiana
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.