United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse in Miami in 2007

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.<ref>Template:USCode.</ref>

Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Florida are 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).

History

On the same day that Florida was admitted as a state, March 3, 1845, Congress enacted legislation creating the United States District Court for the District of Florida, Template:USStat.<ref name=S393>Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 393.</ref><ref name=fjcfl>U.S. District Courts of Florida, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.</ref> On February 23, 1847, this District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts, by Template:USStat.<ref name=S393 /><ref name=fjcfl /> The statute effecting this division set forth the boundaries of the Districts:

[T]hat part of the State of Florida lying south of a line drawn due east and west from the northern point of Charlotte Harbor, including the islands, keys, reefs, shoals, harbors, bays and inlets, south of said line, shall be erected into a new judicial district, to be called the Southern District of Florida; a District Court shall be held in said Southern District, to consist of one judge, who shall reside at Key West, in said district...

On July 30, 1962, the Middle District was created from portions of these districts by Template:USStat.<ref name=fjcfl />

This federal district has the dubious distinction of having had more judges removed through impeachment than any other district, with a total of two, one fourth of all federal judges so removed.

Famous cases heard in the district include the prosecution of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega,<ref>Template:Cite court</ref> the Elián González case,<ref>Template:Cite court</ref> notorious Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein,<ref>Template:Cite court</ref> a 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida case,<ref>Template:Cite court</ref> the prosecution of José Padilla,<ref>Template:Cite court</ref> and one of<ref>Template:Cite court</ref> the federal prosecutions of Donald Trump.

Jurisdiction

The court's jurisdiction comprises the nine counties of Broward, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie. The district includes the South Florida metropolitan area of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. It comprises Template:Convert and approximately 6.3 million people. Courthouses, corresponding to the five divisions of the district, are located in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Key West, Miami, and West Palm Beach. The court's offices are located in Miami.

United States attorney and marshal

Template:See also The United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Template:As of, the United States attorney is Jason Reding Quiñones.

The United States Attorney's office has a staff of approximately 233 assistant United States attorneys and 227 support personnel. The main office is located in Miami, Florida, with three staffed branch offices located in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce and one unstaffed branch office located in Key West. There is also a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) office in West Miami-Dade and a Health Care Fraud Facility in Miramar.

On August 28, 2018, Gadyaces S. Serralta was confirmed by the United States Senate to be the United States marshal.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is one of three federal judicial districts in Florida.<ref>Template:USCode</ref> The District has five divisions:

Fort Pierce Division comprises the following counties: Highlands, Okeechobee, Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin.<ref name="flsd.uscourts.gov">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

West Palm Beach Division comprises Palm Beach County.<ref name="flsd.uscourts.gov"/>

Fort Lauderdale Division comprises Broward County.<ref name="flsd.uscourts.gov"/>

Miami Division comprises Miami-Dade County.<ref name="flsd.uscourts.gov"/>

Key West Division comprises Monroe County.<ref name="flsd.uscourts.gov"/>

Current judges

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Vacancies and pending nominations

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Former judges

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Chief judges

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Succession of seats

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United States attorneys

List of U.S. attorneys since 1828<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • William Allison McRea (1828–1829)
  • John G. Stower (1829–1830)
  • John K. Campbell (1830–1831)
  • Edward Chandler (1831–1834)
  • Adam Gordon (1834)
  • Wylie P. Clark (1834–1839)
  • Charles Walker (1839–1840)
  • L. Windsor Smith (1840–1842)
  • George W. McRae (1842–1847)
  • L. Windsor Smith (1847–1850)
  • William R. Hackley (1850–1858)
  • John L. Tatum (1858–1861)
  • Thomas J. Boynton (1861–1863)
  • Homer G. Plantz (1863–1869)
  • Claiborn R. Mobley (1869–1876)
  • John Tyler Jr. (1876–1877)
  • George B. Patterson (1877–1886)
  • Livingstone W. Bethel (1886–1890)
  • George B. Patterson (1890–1894)
  • Owen J. H. Summers (1894)
  • Frank Clark (1894–1897)
  • Joseph N. Stripling (1897–1902)
  • John Moses Cheney (1902–1912)
  • Richard P. Marks (1912–1913)
  • Herbert S. Phillips (1913–1921)
  • William M. Gober (1921–1929)
  • Wilburn P. Hughes (1929–1933)
  • John W. Holland (1933–1936)
  • Herbert S. Phillips (1936–1953)
  • James L. Guilmartin (1953–1959)
  • E. Coleman Madsen (1959–1961)
  • Edward G. Boardman (1961–1963)
  • William A. Meadows Jr. (1963–1969)
  • Robert W. Rust (1969–1977)
  • Vincent K. Antle (1977)
  • Jacob V. Eskenazi (1977–1980)
  • Atlee W. Wampler III (1980–1982)
  • Stanley Marcus (1982–1985)
  • Leon B. Kellner (1985–1988)
  • Dexter Lehtinen (1988–1992)
  • James McAdams (1992)
  • Roberto Martinez (1992–1993)
  • Kendall B. Coffey (1993–1996)
  • William Keefer (1996–1997)
  • Thomas Scott (1997–2000)
  • Guy A. Lewis (2000–2002)
  • Marcos Jiménez (2002–2005)
  • Alexander Acosta (2005–2009)
  • Jeffrey H. Sloman (2009–2010)
  • Wifredo A. Ferrer (2010–2017)
  • Benjamin G. Greenberg (2017–2018)
  • Ariana Fajardo Orshan (2018–2021)
  • Juan Antonio Gonzalez (acting) (2021–2023)
  • Markenzy Lapointe (2023–2025)
  • Jason Reding Quiñones (2025-)

See also

References

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