United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
(S.D. Ohio)
Appeals to Sixth Circuit
Established March 16, 1822
Judges assigned 8
Chief judge Sandra Beckwith
Official site

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. 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 court is divided into two divisions. 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

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.

The court, as of 2006, has eight active judges (the maximum authorized by law), six senior judges and seven magistrates. The chief judge is Sandra Beckwith.

The United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Ohio represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of 2004, the United States Attorney is Gregory G. Lockhart.

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[edit] History

  • The act of February 19, 1803, 2 Stat. 201, organized Ohio as a judicial district and authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district 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.
  • By the act of February 24, 1807, 2 Stat. 420, the authority of the Ohio district court to exercise the jurisdiction of a U.S. circuit court was repealed. Ohio was to the newly organized Seventh Circuit. It also provided for a U.S. circuit court for the District of Ohio.
  • Under the act of February 10, 1855, 10 Stat. 604, Ohio was divided into two judicial districts, the Northern and the Southern, with one judgeship authorized for each district. The district judge serving the District of Ohio was reassigned to the Southern District of Ohio.
  • Under the act of July 23, 1866, 14 Stat. 209, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Ohio to the Sixth Circuit.
  • Congress by the act of February 24, 1910, 36 Stat. 202, created one additional judgeship.
  • Under the act of August 25, 1937, 50 Stat. 805, Congress created one additional judgeship for the Southern District.
  • Under the act of March 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 75, Congress created one additional judgeship for the Southern District.
  • Under the act of June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 294, Congress created one additional judgeship for the Southern District.
  • Under the act of October 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1629, Congress created one additional judgeship for the Southern District.
  • Under the act of July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 347, Congress created one additional judgeship for the Southern District.
  • Under the act of December 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5089, Congress created one additional judgeship for the Southern District.

Information on the legislative history of the court is from the public domain Federal Judicial Center judicial history page here.

[edit] Judges

  • As of January 1, 2009, a vacancy exists in the Southern District of Ohio due to Judge Sandra S. Beckwith's decision to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.
Judge Appointed by Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status		 End reason
, Michael Ryan Barrett George W. Bush 20060505May 5, 2006 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Sandra Beckwith George H.W. Bush 19920210February 10, 1992 20090101January 1, 2009 Incumbent 0–
, Lester LeFevre Cecil Dwight D. Eisenhower 19530423April 23, 1953 19590728July 28, 1959 0– reappointment
, Susan J. Dlott Bill Clinton 19951226December 26, 1995 Incumbent 0– 0–
, John H. Druffel Franklin D. Roosevelt 19370922September 22, 1937[1] 19610930September 30, 1961 19670516May 16, 1967 death
, Robert Morton Duncan Richard M. Nixon 19740620June 20, 1974 19850415April 15, 1985 0– resignation
, Gregory L. Frost George W. Bush 20030311March 11, 2003 Incumbent 0– 0–
, James L. Graham Ronald Reagan 19860926September 26, 1986 20040831August 31, 2004 Incumbent 0–
, Smith Hickenlooper Warren G. Harding 19230303March 3, 1923 19290107January 7, 1929 0– reappointment
, Timothy Sylvester Hogan Lyndon B. Johnson 19661103November 3, 1966 19790924September 24, 1979 19890130January 30, 1989 death
, Howard Clark Hollister William H. Taft 19100307March 7, 1910 19190924September 24, 1919 0– death
, John David Holschuh Jimmy Carter 19800523May 23, 1980 19961012October 12, 1996 Incumbent 0–
, Benson W. Hough Calvin Coolidge 19250209February 9, 1925 19351119November 19, 1935 0– death
, Joseph Peter Kinneary Lyndon B. Johnson 19660722July 22, 1966 19861231December 31, 1986 20030214February 14, 2003 death
, Humphrey H. Leavitt Andrew Jackson 18340630June 30, 1834 18710401April 1, 1871 0– retirement
, Algenon L. Marbley Bill Clinton 19971107November 7, 1997 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Robert Reasoner Nevin Calvin Coolidge 19290121January 21, 1929 19521231December 31, 1952 0– death
, John Weld Peck II John F. Kennedy 19611005October 5, 1961[2] 19660804August 4, 1966 0– reappointment
, John Weld Peck Woodrow Wilson 19191105November 5, 1919 19230403April 3, 1923 0– resignation
, David Stewart Porter Lyndon B. Johnson 19661103November 3, 1966 19790923September 23, 1979 19890105January 5, 1989 death
, Walter Herbert Rice Jimmy Carter 19800523May 23, 1980 20041130November 30, 2004 Incumbent 0–
, Thomas M. Rose George W. Bush 20020510May 10, 2002 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Carl Bernard Rubin Richard M. Nixon 19710520May 20, 1971 19950802August 2, 1995 0– death
, George Read Sage Chester A. Arthur 18830320March 20, 1883[3] 18980824August 24, 1898 0– retirement
, Edmund A. Sargus Jr. Bill Clinton 19960801August 1, 1996 Incumbent 0– 0–
, John Elbert Sater Theodore Roosevelt 19070318March 18, 1907[4] 19241118November 18, 1924 0– retirement
, George Curtis Smith Ronald Reagan 19871109November 9, 1987 20020101January 1, 2002 Incumbent 0–
, S. Arthur Spiegel Jimmy Carter 19800523May 23, 1980 19950605June 5, 1995 Incumbent 0–
, Philip Bergen Swing Ulysses Grant 18710330March 30, 1871 18821031October 31, 1882 0– death
, Albert C. Thompson William McKinley 18980923September 23, 1898[5] 19100126January 26, 1910 0– death
, Mell G. Underwood Franklin D. Roosevelt 19360212February 12, 1936 19651231December 31, 1965 19720308March 8, 1972 death
, Michael H. Watson George W. Bush 20040910September 10, 2004 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Herman Jacob Weber Ronald Reagan 19850404April 4, 1985 20020101January 1, 2002 Incumbent 0–
, Carl Andrew Weinman Dwight D. Eisenhower 19590908September 8, 1959 19730301March 1, 1973 19790205February 5, 1979 death

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 16, 1937, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1937, and received commission on December 14, 1937.
  2. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 11, 1962, and received commission on April 12, 1962.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission on January 7, 1884.
  4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1908, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 1, 1909, and received commission on March 1, 1909.
  5. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1898, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1898, and received commission on December 20, 1898.

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