United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia (in case citations, S.D. Ga.) is a federal court in 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 thirteen courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, Template:USStat, on September 24, 1789. The District was further subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by Template:USStat. The Middle District was formed from portions of both the Northern and Southern Districts on May 28, 1926, by Template:USStat.<ref>U.S. District Courts of Georgia, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center</ref>

Jurisdiction

The Augusta Division comprises the following counties: Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliaferro, Warren and Wilkes.

The Brunswick Division comprises the following counties: Appling, Camden, Glynn, Long, McIntosh, Jeff Davis, and Wayne.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Dublin Division comprises the following counties: Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Telfair, Treutlen, and Wheeler.

The Savannah Division comprises the following counties: Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty.

The Statesboro Division comprises the following counties: Bulloch, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall, and Toombs.

The Waycross Division comprises the following counties: Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Coffee, Pierce, and Ware.

Current judges

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Former judges

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Chief judges

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Succession of seats

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U.S. Attorneys

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  • Dupont Guerry 1886–1901
  • Marion Erwin 1901-12
  • Alexander Akerman 1912–14
  • Erle M. Donalson 1914–19
  • John W. Bennett 1919–22
  • F. G. Boatright 1922–27
  • Charles L. Redding 1927–32
  • Walter W. Sheppard 1932–33
  • Charles L. Redding 1933
  • J. Saxton Daniel 1933–53
  • William C. Calhoun 1953–61
  • Donald H. Fraser 1961–69 R.
  • R. Jackson B. Smith, Jr. 1969–77
  • William T. Moore, Jr. 1977–81
  • Hinton R. Pierce 1981–92
  • Jay D. Gardner 1992–94
  • Harry Donival Dixon, Jr. 1994–2001
  • Richard S. Thompson<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Paul B. Murphy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Lisa Godbey Wood 2004–2007
  • Edmund A. Booth, Jr. 2007–2009<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

References

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