- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
(S.D.N.Y.)
Appeals to Second Circuit Established September 24, 1789 Judges assigned 28 Chief judge Loretta A. Preska Official site 
The Manhattan seat is located at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40 Centre Street.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal district court. Appeals from the Southern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The Southern District is one of the most influential and active federal district courts in the United States, largely because of its jurisdiction over New York's major financial centers. The current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is Preet Bharara.
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Jurisdiction
The Court's jurisdiction comprises the following counties: New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Courthouses are located in Manhattan, White Plains, and Middletown.
History
The United States District Court for the District of New York was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789.[1][2] It existed for nearly twenty-five years before, on April 9, 1814, New York was divided into Northern and Southern Districts by 3 Stat. 120.[1][2] The subdivision of the district was reportedly instigated by Matthias Burnett Tallmadge, out of antipathy for fellow district judge William P. Van Ness.[3] These Districts were later further subdivided with the creation of Eastern District on February 25, 1865 by 13 Stat. 438,[2] and the Western District on May 12, 1900, by 31 Stat. 175.[2]
For the first hundred years of its existence, the case load of the District was dominated first by admiralty cases, and then by a mix of admiralty and bankruptcy cases.[3]
Judges
Main article: List of judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkThe U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has 28 authorized judgeships, filled by judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Sixteen judges who have taken senior status are eligible to continue hearing cases. As of June 1, 2009, the Chief Judge of the District is Judge Loretta A. Preska, succeeding Judge Kimba Wood, who assumed senior status.
The District Judges (active and senior) sitting are:
Name Appointed Appointed by Chief Judge Loretta A. Preska 1992 George H. W. Bush District Judge Deborah A. Batts 1994 Bill Clinton District Judge John G. Koeltl 1994 Bill Clinton District Judge Denise Cote 1994 Bill Clinton District Judge Barbara S. Jones 1995 Bill Clinton District Judge Colleen McMahon 1998 Bill Clinton District Judge William H. Pauley 1998 Bill Clinton District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald 1999 Bill Clinton District Judge Laura Taylor Swain 2000 Bill Clinton District Judge George B. Daniels 2000 Bill Clinton District Judge P. Kevin Castel 2003 George W. Bush District Judge Richard J. Holwell 2003 George W. Bush District Judge Kenneth M. Karas 2004 George W. Bush District Judge Paul A. Crotty 2005 George W. Bush District Judge Richard Sullivan 2007 George W. Bush District Judge Cathy Seibel 2008 George W. Bush District Judge Paul G. Gardephe 2008 George W. Bush District Judge Vincent L. Briccetti 2011 Barack Obama District Judge J. Paul Oetken 2011 Barack Obama District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer 2011 Barack Obama District Judge Alison J. Nathan 2011 Barack Obama District Judge Katherine B. Forrest 2011 Barack Obama Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Vacant Senior District Judge Thomas P. Griesa 1972 Richard Nixon Senior District Judge Robert L. Carter 1972 Richard Nixon Senior District Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy 1972 Richard Nixon Senior District Judge Richard Owen 1973 Richard Nixon Senior District Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. 1976 Gerald Ford Senior District Judge Leonard B. Sand 1978 Jimmy Carter Senior District Judge Robert W. Sweet 1978 Jimmy Carter Senior District Judge John F. Keenan 1983 Ronald Reagan Senior District Judge Peter K. Leisure 1984 Ronald Reagan Senior District Judge Louis L. Stanton 1985 Ronald Reagan Senior District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum 1986 Ronald Reagan Senior District Judge Kimba Wood 1987 Ronald Reagan Senior District Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. 1988 Ronald Reagan Senior District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna 1990 George H. W. Bush Senior District Judge Harold Baer, Jr. 1994 Bill Clinton Senior District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan 1994 Bill Clinton Senior District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin 1994 Bill Clinton Senior District Judge Sidney H. Stein 1995 Bill Clinton Senior District Judge Jed S. Rakoff 1996 Bill Clinton Senior District Judge Alvin Hellerstein 1998 Bill Clinton Senior District Judge Richard M. Berman 1998 Bill Clinton Senior District Judge Victor Marrero 1999 Bill Clinton Vacancies and pending nominations
# Seat last held by Vacancy reason Date of vacancy Nominee Nominated 1 Stephen C. Robinson Resignation August 11, 2010 Edgardo Ramos May 4, 2011 2 Victor Marrero Senior status December 31, 2010 Andrew L. Carter, Jr. May 19, 2011 3 Alvin Hellerstein Senior status January 31, 2011 Jesse M. Furman June 7, 2011 4 Lewis A. Kaplan Senior status February 1, 2011 Ronnie Abrams July 28, 2011 5 Shira Scheindlin Senior status August 16, 2011 N/A N/A 6 Richard M. Berman Senior status September 11, 2011 N/A N/A Footnotes
- ^ a b Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 386.
- ^ a b c d U.S. District Courts of New York, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ a b H. Paul Burak, History of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1962).
See also
- Courts of New York
- List of United States federal courthouses in New York
- List of judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
External links
- Official website for the U.S. District Court for the SDNY
- Official website for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the SDNY
- Official website for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the SDNY
- Official website of the Southern District Court Reporters
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