United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
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| United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (N.D. Ind.) |
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| Appeals to | Seventh Circuit |
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| Established | April 21, 1928 |
| Judges assigned | 5 |
| Chief judge | Philip P. Simon |
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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (in case citations, N.D. Ind.) was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. As part of the act, the Northern District was divided into three divisions, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Hammond (which has a sub-office in Lafayette). Appeals from this court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The court has eight judges and four magistrate judges.
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[edit] History
The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by 3 Stat. 390.[1][2] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by 45 Stat. 437.[2] Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.
[edit] Divisions of the Northern District
- Fort Wayne: Adams County, Allen County, Blackford County, DeKalb County, Grant County, Huntington County, Jay County, LaGrange County, Noble County, Steuben County, Wells County, and Whitley County.
- Hammond: Lake County and Porter County.
- Lafayette: Benton County, Carroll County, Jasper County, Newton County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County and White County.
- South Bend: Cass County, Elkhart County, Fulton County, Kosciusko County, LaPorte County, Marshall County, Miami County, Pulaski County, St. Joseph County, Starke County and Wabash County.
[edit] Current judges
| # | Title | Judge | Duty station | Born | Term of service | Appointed by | ||
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| Active | Chief | Senior | ||||||
| 14 | Chief Judge | Philip P. Simon | Hammond | 1962 | 2003–present | 2010–present | — | G.W. Bush |
| 12 | District Judge | Robert Lowell Miller Jr. | South Bend | 1950 | 1985–present | 2003–2010 | — | Reagan |
| 15 | District Judge | Theresa Lazar Springmann | Fort Wayne | 1956 | 2003–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 16 | District Judge | Joseph S. Van Bokkelen | Hammond | 1943 | 2007–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 17 | District Judge | Jon DeGuilio | South Bend | 1955 | 2010–present | — | — | Obama |
| 9 | Senior District Judge | William Charles Lee | Fort Wayne | 1938 | 1981–2003 | 1997–2003 | 2003–present | Reagan |
| 11 | Senior District Judge | James Tyne Moody | Hammond | 1938 | 1982–2003 | (none) | 2003–present | Reagan |
| 13 | Senior District Judge | Rodolfo Lozano | Hammond | 1942 | 1988–2007 | (none) | 2007–present | Reagan |
[edit] Former judges
| # | Image | Judge | State | Born/Died | Active service | Term as Chief Judge | Senior status | Appointed by | Reason for termination |
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| 1 | Thomas Whitten Slick | IN | 1869–1959 | 1928[3]–1943 | (none) | (none) | Coolidge | retirement | |
| 2 | Luther Merritt Swygert | IN | 1905–1988 | 1943–1961 | 1954–1961 | (none) | F. Roosevelt | appointment to 7th Cir. | |
| 3 | William Lynn Parkinson | IN | 1902–1959 | 1954–1957 | (none) | (none) | Eisenhower | appointment to 7th Cir. | |
| 4 | Robert A. Grant | IN | 1905–1998 | 1957–1972 | 1961–1972 | 1972–1998 | Eisenhower | death | |
| 5 | George N. Beamer | IN | 1904–1974 | 1962–1974 | 1972–1974 | (none) | Kennedy | death | |
| 6 | Jesse E. Eschbach | IN | 1920–2005 | 1962–1981 | 1974–1981 | (none) | Kennedy | appointment to 7th Cir. | |
| 7 | Allen Sharp | IN | 1932–2009 | 1973–2007 | 1981–1996 | 2007–2009 | Nixon | death | |
| 8 | Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. | IN | 1924–1981 | 1976–1981 | (none) | (none) | Ford | death | |
| 10 | Michael Stephen Kanne | IN | 1938–present | 1982–1987 | (none) | (none) | Reagan | appointment to 7th Cir. |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392.
- ^ a b U.S. District Courts of Indiana, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Initially appointed to the District of Indiana in 1925 by Calvin Coolidge; reassigned to the Northern District of Indiana in 1928.
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