United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

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The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (in case citations, S.D. Ohio) is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties—everything from the Columbus area southward. Appeals from the court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at Cincinnati (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Ohio represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Template:As of, the United States attorney is Kelly A. Norris.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Divisions

The court is divided into two divisions.

Eastern Division

The Eastern Division, which sits in the Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse at Columbus, serves the counties of Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Union, Vinton, and Washington.

Western Division

The Western Division sits at both Cincinnati and Dayton. Cases from the counties of Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Lawrence, Scioto, and Warren are heard at Cincinnati in the Potter Stewart United States Courthouse. Cases from the counties of Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby are heard at Dayton.

History

The United States District Court for the District of Ohio was established on February 19, 1803, by Template:USStat.<ref name=S392>Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392.</ref><ref name=fjcoh>U.S. District Courts of Ohio, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.</ref> The act of authorized one judgeship for the court. The district court in Ohio, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.<ref name=fjcoh/> By the act of February 24, 1807, Template:USStat, the authority of the Ohio district court to exercise the jurisdiction of a U.S. circuit court was repealed, and Ohio was assigned to the newly organized Seventh Circuit. It also provided for a U.S. circuit court for the District of Ohio.<ref name=fjcoh/> The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on February 10, 1855, by Template:USStat.<ref name=fjcoh/> The district judge serving the District of Ohio, Humphrey H. Leavitt, was reassigned to the Southern District of Ohio.

On July 23, 1866, by Template:USStat, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Ohio to the Sixth Circuit.<ref name=fjcoh/> Additional judgeships were created in 1910, 1937, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1984, and 1990.<ref name=fjcoh/>

Current judges

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Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat Prior Judge's Duty Station Seat last held by Vacancy reason Date of vacancy Nominee Date of nomination
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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

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1855 1856 Hugh J. Jewett
1856 1858 John O'Neill
1858 1861 Stanley Matthews
1861 1865 Flamen Ball
1865 1866 Richard Corwine
1866 1869 Durbin Ward
1869 1877 Warner Bateman
1877 1885 Channing Richards
1885 1887 Philip Kumler
1887 1889 William Burnet
1889 1894 John Herron
1894 1898 Harlan Cleveland
1898 1903 William Bundy
1903 1916 Sherman McPherson
1916 1920 Stuart Bolin
1920 1922 James Clark
1922 1923 Thomas Morrow
1923 1925 Benson W. Hough
1925 1934 Haveth Mau
1934 1939 Francis Canny
1939 1939 James Cleveland
1939 1944 Leo Crawford
1944 1946 Byron B. Harlan
1946 1953 Ray O'Donnell
1953 1961 Hugh Martin
1961 1966 Joseph Peter Kinneary
1966 1969 Robert Draper
1969 1969 Roger Makley
1969 1977 William Milligan
1977 1978 James Rattan
1978 1982 James Cissell
1982 1985 Christopher Barnes
1985 1986 Anthony Nyktas
1986 1993 Michael Crites
1993 1993 Barbara Beran
1993 1996 Edmund A. Sargus Jr.
1996 1997 Dale Goldberg
1997 2001 Sharon Zealey
2001 2001 Salvador Dominguez
2001 2009 Gregory Lockhart
2009 2016 Carter M. Stewart
2016 2019 Benjamin C. Glassman (Acting)
2019 2021 David M. DeVillers
2021 2021 Vipal J. Patel (Acting)
2021 2025 Kenneth L. Parker
2025 2025 Kelly A. Norris (Acting)
2025 Dominick Gearace II (Acting)

See also

Notes

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