United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
(N.D. Tex.)
Appeals to Fifth Circuit
Established February 24, 1879
Judges assigned 12
Chief judge Sidney Allen Fitzwater
Official site

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo and Wichita Falls. It has jurisdiction over 100 counties in the northern and central parts of the U.S. state of Texas.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

Appeals from this court are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which includes Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

[edit] Judges

Judge Appointed by Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status		 End reason
William Hawley Atwell Warren G. Harding 01923-01-09 January 9, 1923 01954-12-31 December 31, 1954 01961-12-22 December 22, 1961 death
David Owen Belew Jr. Jimmy Carter 01979-04-26 April 26, 1979 01990-05-07 May 7, 1990 02001-11-21 November 21, 2001 death
Jane J. Boyle George W. Bush 02004-06-29 June 29, 2004 Incumbent – –
Leo Brewster John F. Kennedy 01961-10-05 October 5, 1961[1] 01973-11-01 November 1, 1973 01979-11-27 November 27, 1979 death
Jerry Buchmeyer Jimmy Carter 01979-10-05 October 5, 1979 02003-09-05 September 5, 2003 02009-09-21 September 21, 2009 death
Samuel Ray Cummings Ronald Reagan 01987-12-09 December 9, 1987 Incumbent – –
Thomas Whitfield Davidson Franklin D. Roosevelt 01936-02-05 February 5, 1936 01965-11-01 November 1, 1965 01974-01-26 January 26, 1974 death
Joseph Brannon Dooley Harry S. Truman 01947-07-09 July 9, 1947 01966-10-01 October 1, 1966 01967-01-19 January 19, 1967 death
Joe Ewing Estes Dwight D. Eisenhower 01955-08-01 August 1, 1955 01972-07-01 July 1, 1972 01989-10-24 October 24, 1989 death
A. Joe Fish Ronald Reagan 01983-02-24 February 24, 1983 02007-11-12 November 12, 2007 Incumbent –
Sidney A. Fitzwater Ronald Reagan 01986-03-19 March 19, 1986 Incumbent – –
David C. Godbey George W. Bush 02002-08-02 August 2, 2002 Incumbent – –
Patrick Higginbotham Gerald Ford 01975-12-12 December 12, 1975 01982-08-03 August 3, 1982 – reappointment
Robert Madden Hill Richard Nixon 01970-12-01 December 1, 1970 01984-07-20 July 20, 1984 – reappointment
Sarah T. Hughes John F. Kennedy 01961-10-05 October 5, 1961[2] 01975-08-04 August 4, 1975 01985-04-23 April 23, 1985 death
Elton Joe Kendall George H. W. Bush 01992-05-15 May 15, 1992 02002-01-22 January 22, 2002 – resignation
James E. Kinkeade George W. Bush 02002-11-15 November 15, 2002 Incumbent – –
Sam A. Lindsay Bill Clinton 01998-03-17 March 17, 1998 Incumbent – –
Barbara M. Lynn Bill Clinton 01999-11-22 November 22, 1999 Incumbent – –
Eldon Brooks Mahon Richard Nixon 01972-07-03 July 3, 1972 01989-10-01 October 1, 1989 02005-12-03 December 3, 2005 death
Robert B. Maloney Ronald Reagan 01985-10-17 October 17, 1985 02000-08-31 August 31, 2000 Incumbent –
John H. McBryde George H. W. Bush 01990-08-07 August 7, 1990 Incumbent – –
Andrew Phelps McCormick Rutherford B. Hayes 01879-04-10 April 10, 1879 01892-03-22 March 22, 1892 – reappointment
Terry R. Means George H. W. Bush 01991-11-05 November 5, 1991 Incumbent – –
Edward Roscoe Meek William McKinley 01898-07-13 July 13, 1898[3] 01935-12-31 December 31, 1935 01939-04-10 April 10, 1939 death
Reed Charles O'Connor George W. Bush 02007-11-21 November 21, 2007 Incumbent – –
Robert William Porter Richard Nixon 01974-06-20 June 20, 1974 01990-01-17 January 17, 1990 01991-11-06 November 6, 1991 death
John B. Rector Benjamin Harrison 01892-03-28 March 28, 1892 01898-04-09 April 9, 1898 – death
Mary Lou Robinson Jimmy Carter 01979-04-26 April 26, 1979 Incumbent – –
Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. Jimmy Carter 01979-04-26 April 26, 1979 01996-01-01 January 1, 1996 02008-09-21 September 21, 2008 death
Jorge Antonio Solis George H. W. Bush 01991-09-16 September 16, 1991 Incumbent – –
William McLaughlin Taylor, Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson 01966-07-22 July 22, 1966 01979-02-07 February 7, 1979 01985-06-17 June 17, 1985 death
James Clifton Wilson Woodrow Wilson 01919-03-05 March 5, 1919[4] 01947-07-31 July 31, 1947 01951-08-03 August 3, 1951 death
Halbert Owen Woodward Lyndon B. Johnson 01968-06-07 June 7, 1968 01986-12-30 December 30, 1986 02000-10-02 October 2, 2000 death

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
  2. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1898, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 15, 1899, and received commission on February 15, 1899.
  4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on May 23, 1919, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 1919, and received commission on June 24, 1919.

[edit] External links

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