United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
(N.D. W.Va.)
Appeals to Fourth Circuit
Established January 22, 1901
Judges assigned 3
Chief judge John Preston Bailey
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The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (in case citations, N.D. W.Va.) is a federal court in the Fourth 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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Organization of the court

Under 28 U.S.C. § 129, West Virginia consists of two federal judicial districts, each with statutory divisions. The Northern District comprises the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, and Wetzel. Court for the Northern District is held at Clarksburg, Elkins, Martinsburg and Wheeling.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of West Virginia represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

Current judges

  • As of December 18, 2006, a vacancy exists in the Northern District of West Virginia due to the death of Judge W. Craig Broadwater. On May 19, 2011, President Obama nominated Gina Marie Groh to the seat. Her nomination is pending before the U.S. Senate.
# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
14 Chief Judge John Preston Bailey Wheeling 1951 2007present 2008present G.W. Bush
12 District Judge Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley Clarksburg 1944 1992present 20012008 G.H.W. Bush
District Judge (vacant) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a)
11 Senior District Judge Frederick Pfarr Stamp, Jr. Wheeling 1934 19902006 19942001 2006present G.H.W. Bush

Former judges

# Judge State Born/Died Active service Term as Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 Jackson Jr., John JayJohn Jay Jackson Jr. WV 18241907 1901[1]1905 (none) (none) Lincoln, Lincoln retirement
2 Dayton, Alston GordonAlston Gordon Dayton WV 18571920 19051920 (none) (none) Roosevelt, T.T. Roosevelt death
3 Baker, William EliWilliam Eli Baker WV 18731954 19211954 19481954 1954 Harding, Harding death
4 Watkins, Harry EvansHarry Evans Watkins WV 18981963 19371963 19541963 (none) Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt death
5 Boreman, Herbert StephensonHerbert Stephenson Boreman WV 18971982 19541959 (none) (none) Eisenhower, Eisenhower reappointment
6 Paul, Charles FergusonCharles Ferguson Paul WV 19021965 19601965 19631965 (none) Eisenhower, Eisenhower death
7 Christie, Sidney LeeSidney Lee Christie WV 19031974 19641974 (none) (none) Johnson, L.L. Johnson death
8 Maxwell, Robert EarlRobert Earl Maxwell WV 1924-2010 19651995 19651994 19952010 Johnson, L.L. Johnson death
9 Haden II, Charles HaroldCharles Harold Haden II WV 19372004 19751983 (none) (none) Ford, Ford assignment to another court
10 Kidd, William MatthewWilliam Matthew Kidd WV 19181998 19791990 (none) 19901998 Carter, Carter death
13 Broadwater, W. CraigW. Craig Broadwater WV 19502006 19962006 (none) (none) Clinton, Clinton death

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Early in the course of the American Civil War, the western portion of Virginia rejected Virginia's secession from the United States, and itself seceded from Virginia. This area largely coincided with the existing Western District of Virginia. The portion of Virginia remaining loyal to the Union became the state of West Virginia, which was admitted as a state on June 20, 1863. On June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia became the United States District Court for the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with what had previously been the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to again form a single United States District Court for the District of Virginia. John Jay Jackson, who had been appointed to the Western District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of West Virginia. At the same time, John Curtiss Underwood, who had been appointed to the Eastern District of Virginia, was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed District of Virginia. On February 3, 1871, the District of Virginia was again subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts, and Underwood was reassigned to the Eastern District, until his death. On July 1, 1901, the District of West Virginia was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; Jackson was reassigned to the Northern District, until his retirement.

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