United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
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The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (in case citations, M.D. Ga.) is a United States district court which serves the residents of seventy counties from five divisions from its headquarters in Macon, Georgia.
Appeals from cases brought in the Middle District of Georgia are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh 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 United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, Template:USStat, on September 24, 1789.<ref name=fjcga>U.S. District Courts of Georgia, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.</ref> The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by Template:USStat.<ref name=fjcga/><ref name=S390>Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 390.</ref><ref name=C179>Alfred Conkling, A Treatise on the Organization, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Courts of the United States (1864), p. 179.</ref> The Middle District was formed from portions of those two Districts on May 28, 1926, by Template:USStat.<ref name=fjcga/>
Jurisdiction
The Albany division serves: Baker, Ben Hill, Calhoun, Crisp, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Schley, Seminole, Sumter, Terrell, Turner, Webster, and Worth counties.
The Athens division hears cases from: Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, and Walton counties.
The Columbus division includes: Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot, and Taylor counties.
The Macon division serves: Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Crawford, Dooly, Hancock, Houston, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Macon, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Upson, Washington, Wilcox and Wilkinson counties.
The Valdosta division hears cases for: Berrien, Brooks, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Thomas, and Tift counties.
Current judges
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Former judges
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Chief judges
Succession of seats
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U.S. Attorneys
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See also
- Courts of Georgia
- List of current United States district judges
- List of United States federal courthouses in Georgia
References
External links
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia
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