United States District Court for the District of Oregon

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The United States District Court for the District of Oregon (in case citations, D. Ore. or D. Or.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Oregon. It was created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union. Appellate jurisdiction belongs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). Matthew P. Deady served as its first judge.

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Template:As of, the interim United States attorney is Scott E. Bradford.

Organization

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The court has four divisional offices within the state (three with staff): Portland, Eugene, Medford, and Pendleton.<ref name=lr3>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Portland Division holds court at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse and handles cases from Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Jefferson, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill Counties.<ref name="lr3" /> The Medford Division meets at the James A. Redden United States Courthouse and handles cases from Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lake Counties.<ref name="lr3" /><ref>GAS: Historic Federal Buildings</ref> The Pendleton Division holds session at John F. Kilkenny United States Post Office and Courthouse and covers cases from Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler Counties.<ref name="lr3" /><ref name="Oregonian">Template:Cite journal </ref> The Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse houses the Eugene Division that handles cases from Benton, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion Counties.<ref name=lr3/>

History

The District of Oregon met in the U.S. Custom House and Post Office of Portland until 1933.

After Oregon became a state on February 14, 1859, the United States Congress created the District of Oregon encompassing the entire state on March 3, 1859.<ref name=fed>U.S. District Court of Oregon: Legislative history</ref> The bill creating the district authorized a single judge and also designated it as a judicial circuit.<ref name=fed/> President James Buchanan appointed Matthew Deady as judge, and the court was to hold annual sessions in April and September at the seat of government in Salem.<ref name=Horner>Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 168-169.</ref> Deady held the first session of the court on September 12, 1859, in Salem, but was able to have the court relocated to Portland by the September session of 1860.<ref name=Horner/> Beginning in 1933, the court was housed in the United States Courthouse (now Gus J. Solomon United States Courthouse) before moving to the new Hatfield Courthouse in 1997.<ref name=courthouse>Historic Federal Courthouses: Portland, Oregon. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved on November 19, 2007.</ref>

On March 3, 1863, Congress passed a law that removed the circuit court jurisdiction and transferred appeals court jurisdiction to the Tenth Circuit, and in 1866 transferred it again to the Ninth Circuit.<ref name=fed/> On April 18, 1877, court clerk Ralph Wilcox committed suicide in his office at the court using a Deringer pistol.<ref name=death>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> On March 27, 1885, Judge Deady admitted Mary Leonard to the federal bar, the first woman admitted in Oregon.<ref name=Stanford>Abrams, Kerry. Folk Hero, Hell Raiser, Mad Woman, Lady Lawyer: What is the Truth about Mary Leonard? Template:Webarchive Women's Legal History Biography Project. Stanford Law School. Retrieved on May 7, 2008.</ref> In 1909, Congress added another seat to the court, followed by another judgeship in 1949.<ref name=fed/> On October 20, 1978, Congress passed a law authorizing two more positions on the bench of the Oregon district court.<ref name=fed/> The first woman to serve on the court was Helen J. Frye, whose service began on February 20, 1980. In 1990, Congress added a sixth judgeship for the district.<ref name=fed/> Ancer L. Haggerty, the first African American on the court, began his service on March 28, 1994.

Current judges

The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland.

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Former judges

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Chief judges

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Succession of seats

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See also

References

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