United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (E.D. Cal.)
Appeals to	Ninth Circuit
Established	March 18, 1966
Judges assigned	6
Chief judge	Anthony W. Ishii
Official site

The Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse is the building housing the Eastern District of California, Fresno Division, Federal Courts.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is composed of six divisions.

The Bakersfield division has jurisdiction over certain cases in Inyo and Kern counties and on federal lands and National Parks. These cases are heard in courthouses in Bakersfield, Edwards Air Force Base, and Independence.

The Fresno division covers Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties.

The Redding/Susanville office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for federal lands and National Parks in four locations: Alturas, Chester, Herlong, and Redding.

The Sacramento division covers: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba counties.

The South Lake Tahoe office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for federal lands and National Parks.

The Yosemite office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for Yosemite National Park.

Cases from the Eastern District of California are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

History

California was admitted as a state on September 9, 1850, and was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern, by Act of Congress approved September 28, 1850, 9 Stat. 521. The boundary line was at the 37th parallel of North Latitude. The Southern District of California was abolished and the State made to constitute a single district - the United States District Court for the District of California - by Act of Congress approved July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 300. Twenty years later, on August 5, 1886, Congress re-created the Southern District of California by 24 Stat. 308, but it was not until March 18, 1966, that the Eastern and Central Districts were created from portions of the Northern and Southern Districts by 80 Stat. 75.

Current judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
15	Chief Judge	Anthony W. Ishii	Fresno	1946	1997–present	2008–present	—	Clinton
14	District Judge	Garland Ellis Burrell Jr.	Sacramento	1947	1992–present	2007–2008	—	G.H.W. Bush
17	District Judge	Morrison C. England Jr.	Sacramento	1954	2002–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
18	District Judge	Lawrence Joseph O'Neill	Fresno	1952	2007–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
19	District Judge	John A. Mendez	Sacramento	1955	2008–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
20	District Judge	Kimberly J. Mueller	Sacramento	1957	2010–present	—	—	Obama
5	Senior District Judge	Lawrence K. Karlton	Sacramento	1935	1979–2000	1983–1990	2000–present	Carter
9	Senior District Judge	Robert Everett Coyle	Fresno	1930	1982–1996	1990–1996	1996–present	Reagan
10	Senior District Judge	Edward J. Garcia	Sacramento	1928	1984–1996	(none)	1996–present	Reagan
12	Senior District Judge	William B. Shubb	Sacramento	1938	1990–2004	1996–2003	2004–present	G.H.W. Bush
16	Senior District Judge	Frank C. Damrell Jr.	Sacramento	1938	1997–2008	(none)	2008–present	Clinton

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born/Died	Active service	Term as Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Myron Donovan Crocker	CA	1914–2010	1966–1981	1966–1967	1981–2010	Eisenhower	death
2	Halbert, SherrillSherrill Halbert	CA	1901–1991	1966–1969	(none)	1969–1991	Eisenhower, Eisenhower	death
3	MacBride, Thomas JamisonThomas Jamison MacBride	CA	1914–2000	1966–1979	1967–1979	1979–2000	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
4	Wilkins, Philip CharlesPhilip Charles Wilkins	CA	1913–1998	1969–1983	1979–1983	1983–1998	Nixon, Nixon	death
6	Schwartz, Milton LewisMilton Lewis Schwartz	CA	1920–2005	1979–1990	(none)	1990–2005	Carter, Carter	death
7	Price, Edward DeanEdward Dean Price	CA	1919–1997	1979–1989	(none)	1989–1997	Carter, Carter	death
8	Ramirez, Raul AnthonyRaul Anthony Ramirez	CA	1944–present	1980–1989	(none)	(none)	Carter, Carter	resignation
11	Levi, David F.David F. Levi	CA	1952–present	1990–2007	2003–2007	(none)	Bush, G.H.W.G.H.W. Bush	resignation
13	Wanger, Oliver WinstonOliver Winston Wanger	CA	1940-present	1991–2006	(none)	2006–2011	G.H.W. Bush	retirement

US Attorney

The current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California is Benjamin B. Wagner, who was appointed by the Obama administration.

External links

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Official Web Site
• Local Rules of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
• Justice of the Pines: Yosemite National Park Has Its Own Rustic Courthouse and Homespun Judge[1]

See also

• Courts of California
• List of United States federal courthouses in California