- United States District Court for the District of Maine
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United States District Court for the District of Maine
(D. Me.)Map 
Appeals to First Circuit Established March 30, 1820 Judges assigned 3 Chief judge John A. Woodcock Official site 
U.S. Courthouse in 1911
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (in case citations, D. Me.) is the U.S. district court for the state of Maine. The District of Maine was one of the original thirteen district courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, even though Maine was not a separate state from Massachusetts until 1820. The court is headquartered in Portland, Maine and has a second courthouse in Bangor, Maine. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine represents the United States in criminal and civil litigation before the court. The current United States Attorney is Thomas E. Delahanty II.
Appeals from the District of Maine are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
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History
The District of Maine was one of the thirteen original districts created on September 24, 1789, by the Judiciary Act of 1789, Stat. 73.[1] At the time, Maine was part of the state of Massachusetts. As with other jurisdictions of the time, the District of Maine was originally assigned a single judgeship.[1] Not being assigned to a judicial circuit, it was granted the same jurisdiction as the United States circuit court, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts.[1] The circuit court jurisdiction of the District of Maine was repealed on February 13, 1801 by 2 Stat. 89, and restored on March 8, 1802 by 2 Stat. 132.[1] On March 30, 1820, shortly after Maine entered the Union, the District of Maine was assigned to the First Circuit and its internal circuit court jurisdiction was again repealed by 3 Stat. 554.[1] A second judgeship was authorized on October 20, 1978, by, 92 Stat. 1629, and a third was authorized on December 1, 1990, by 104 Stat. 5089.[1]
Judges
Current composition of the court
As of 2011[update], the judges on the court are:
# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior 16 Chief Judge John A. Woodcock Bangor, ME 1950 2003–present 2009–present — G.W. Bush 15 District Judge George Z. Singal Portland, ME 1945 2000–present 2003–2009 — Clinton 16 District Judge Nancy Torresen Bangor, ME 1959 2011–present - — Obama 12 Senior District Judge Gene Carter Portland, ME 1935 1983–2003 1989–1996 2003–present Reagan 13 Senior District Judge David Brock Hornby Portland, ME 1944 1990–2010 1996–2003 2010–present G.H.W. Bush The current Magistrate Judges for the District of Maine are Magistrate Judge Rich in Portland and Magistrate Judge Kravchuk in Bangor.
List of former judges
# Judge State Born/Died Active service Term as Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination1 David Sewell ME 1735–1825 1789-1818 (none) (none) Washington resignation 2 Albion Keith Parris ME 1788-1857 1818-1822 (none) (none) Monroe resignation 3 Ashur Ware ME 1782–1873 1822-1866 (none) (none) Monroe resignation 4 Edward Fox ME 1815–1881 1866-1881 (none) (none) A. Johnson death 5 Nathan Webb ME 1825–1902 1882-1902 (none) (none) Arthur retirement 6 Clarence Hale ME 1848-1934 1902-1922 (none) 1922-1934 T. Roosevelt death 7 John Andrew Peters ME 1864-1953 1921-1947 (none) 1947-1953 Harding retirement 8 John David Clifford, Jr. ME 1887-1956 1947-1956 (none) (none) Truman death 9 Edward Thaxter Gignoux ME 1916-1988 1957-1983 1978-1983 1983-1988 Eisenhower death 10 George J. Mitchell ME 1933-present 1979-1980 (none) (none) Carter appointment to United States Senate 11 Conrad Keefe Cyr ME 1931-present 1981-1989 1983-1989 (none) Reagan appointment to 1st Cir. 14 Morton Aaron Brody ME 1933-2000 1991-2000 (none) (none) G.H.W. Bush death See also
- Courts of Maine
- List of United States federal courthouses in Maine
- Maine Supreme Judicial Court
References
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. District Court of Maine, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center (accessed July 5, 2009).
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