United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee
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| United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (M.D. Tenn.) |
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| Appeals to | Sixth Circuit |
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| Established | June 18, 1839 |
| Judges assigned | 4 |
| Chief judge | Todd J. Campbell |
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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (in case citations, M.D. Tenn.) is the federal trial court for most of Middle Tennessee. Based in Nashville, it was created in 1839 when Congress added a third district to the state. Tennessee -- along with Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan -- is located within the area covered by United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and appeals are taken to that court (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
[edit] Judges
- As of March 1, 2007, a vacancy exists in the Middle District of Tennessee due to Judge Robert L. Echols' decision to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.
- Todd J. Campbell is the current Chief Judge.
- Four Magistrate Judges serve in the District: Juliet Griffin; Joe B. Brown; E. Clifton Knowles; and John S. Bryant.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
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| Morgan Welles Brown | Andrew Jackson | June 18, 1839 | March 7, 1853 | – | death |
| Todd J. Campbell | Bill Clinton | December 26, 1995 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Charles Dickens Clark | Grover Cleveland | January 21, 1895 | March 15, 1908 | – | death |
| Leslie Rogers Darr | Franklin D. Roosevelt | June 2, 1939 | November 27, 1940 | – | assignment to another court |
| Elmer David Davies | Franklin D. Roosevelt | July 12, 1939 | January 7, 1957 | – | death |
| Robert L. Echols | George H.W. Bush | March 18, 1992 | March 1, 2007 | Incumbent | – |
| John J. Gore | Warren G. Harding | March 2, 1923 | February 21, 1939 | – | death |
| Frank Gray, Jr. | John F. Kennedy | November 20, 1961[1] | July 15, 1977 | September 6, 1978 | death |
| William Joseph Haynes, Jr. | Bill Clinton | November 15, 1999 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Xenophon Hicks | Warren G. Harding | March 2, 1923 | May 23, 1928 | – | reappointment |
| Thomas Aquinas Higgins | Ronald Reagan | October 4, 1984 | February 28, 1999 | Incumbent | – |
| West Hughes Humphreys | Franklin Pierce | March 26, 1853 | June 26, 1862 | – | impeachment and conviction |
| David M. Key | Rutherford B. Hayes | May 27, 1880 | January 21, 1895 | – | retirement |
| William Ernest Miller | Dwight D. Eisenhower | March 16, 1955 | July 13, 1970 | – | reappointment |
| Leland Clure Morton | Richard M. Nixon | October 14, 1970 | July 31, 1984 | April 11, 1998 | death |
| John Trice Nixon | Jimmy Carter | May 12, 1980 | August 15, 1998 | Incumbent | – |
| Edward Terry Sanford | Theodore Roosevelt | May 18, 1908 | February 5, 1923 | – | reappointment |
| Aleta Arthur Trauger | Bill Clinton | October 22, 1998 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Connally Findlay Trigg | Abraham Lincoln | July 17, 1862 | April 25, 1880 | – | death |
| Thomas Anderton Wiseman Jr. | Jimmy Carter | August 11, 1978 | November 3, 1995 | Incumbent | – |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 7, 1962, and received commission on February 17, 1962.
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