- United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana was created in
1928 by an act of Congress that splitIndiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. The Southern District is divided into four divisions, Indianapolis, Terre Haute1, Evansville and New Albany. This court is part of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit . The court has five judges, four full-time magistrate judges and two part-time magistrate judges. The current United States Attorney isSusan W. Brooks .Divisions of the Southern District
Indianapolis: Bartholomew County, Boone County, Brown County, Clinton County, Decatur County, Delaware County, Fayette County, Fountain County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hendricks County, Henry County, Howard County, Johnson County, Madison County, Marion County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Randolph County, Rush County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Union County and Wayne County.
Terre Haute: Clay County, Green County, Knox County, Owen County, Parke County, Putnam County, Sullivan County, Vermillion County and Vigo County.
Evansville: Daviess County,
Dubois County, Gibson County, Martin County, Perry County, Pike County, Posey County, Spencer County, Vanderburgh County and Warrick County.New Albany: Clark County, Crawford County, Dearborn County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Jennings County, Lawrence County, Ohio County, Orange County, Ripley County, Scott County, Switzerland County and Washington County.
Note
1. The future of the Terre Haute Division is in doubt. Because the federal building that it occupies will be transferred to the control of
Indiana State University , the District Court announced that the division would cease operations onJanuary 1 ,2006 . However, onOctober 18 ,2005 , Chief JudgeLarry J. McKinney announced that the division would remain open while the court works with theGeneral Services Administration on the matter of relocation.External links
* [http://www.insd.uscourts.gov United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana]
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