United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
(S.D. Ala.)
Appeals to Eleventh Circuit
Established March 10, 1824
Judges assigned 3
Chief judge Callie V. S. Granade
Official site

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (in case citations, S.D. Ala.) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Escambia, Hale, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, Washington, and Wilcox. It has jurisdiction over the city of Mobile.

The District was created by the United States Congress on March 10, 1824, by 4 Stat. 9, when the United States District Court for the District of Alabama was subdivided into a Northern and Southern District.[1][2] Presiding judge Charles Tait continued to serve as the sole judge for both districts. Parts of these two districts were subsequently removed to form the Middle District on February 6, 1839, by 5 Stat. 315,[1][2][3] with legislation specifying that the Middle District Court was to be held at Tuscaloosa, the Northern District Court at Huntsville, and the Southern District Court at Mobile.[1] These Districts were again reorganized on August 7, 1848.[4]

Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Alabama are to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Kenyen Ray Brown.

Contents

[edit] Table of judges

Judge Appointed by Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status		 End reason
John Bruce Ulysses S. Grant 01875-02-27 February 27, 1875 01886-08-02 August 2, 1886 – assignment to another court
Richard Busteed Abraham Lincoln 01863-11-17 November 17, 1863[5] 01874-10-20 October 20, 1874 – resignation
Charles Randolph Butler Jr. Ronald Reagan 01988-10-17 October 17, 1988 02005-03-28 March 28, 2005 Incumbent –
Emmett Ripley Cox Ronald Reagan 01981-11-18 November 18, 1981 01988-04-25 April 25, 1988 – reappointment
William Crawford John Quincy Adams 01826-05-22 May 22, 1826 01849-02-28 February 28, 1849 – death
Kristi DuBose George W. Bush 02005-12-27 December 27, 2005 Incumbent – –
Robert Tait Ervin Woodrow Wilson 01917-01-23 January 23, 1917 01935-01-23 January 23, 1935 01949-10-24 October 24, 1949 death
John Gayle Zachary Taylor 01849-03-13 March 13, 1849 01859-07-21 July 21, 1859 – death
Callie V. Granade George W. Bush 02002-02-12 February 12, 2002 Incumbent – –
William Brevard Hand Richard Nixon 01971-09-22 September 22, 1971 01989-01-19 January 19, 1989 02008-09-06 September 6, 2008 death
Alex T. Howard, Jr. Ronald Reagan 01986-10-14 October 14, 1986 01996-10-21 October 21, 1996 Incumbent –
William Giles Jones James Buchanan 01859-09-29 September 29, 1859[6] 01861-01-12 January 12, 1861 – resignation
George Washington Lane Abraham Lincoln 01861-03-28 March 28, 1861 01863-11-12 November 12, 1863 – death
John McDuffie Franklin D. Roosevelt 01935-02-08 February 8, 1935 01950-11-01 November 1, 1950 – death
Thomas Virgil Pittman Lyndon B. Johnson 01966-06-29 June 29, 1966 01981-07-15 July 15, 1981 Incumbent –
William H. Steele George W. Bush 02003-03-14 March 14, 2003 Incumbent – –
Charles Tait James Monroe 01820-05-13 May 13, 1820 01826-02-01 February 1, 1826 – resignation
Daniel Holcombe Thomas Harry S. Truman 01951-03-09 March 9, 1951 01971-08-25 August 25, 1971 02000-04-13 April 13, 2000 death
Harry Theophilus Toulmin Grover Cleveland 01887-01-13 January 13, 1887 01916-11-12 November 12, 1916 – death
Richard W. Vollmer, Jr. George H. W. Bush 01990-05-14 May 14, 1990 02000-12-31 December 31, 2000 02003-03-20 March 20, 2003 death

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 390.
  2. ^ a b U.S. District Courts of Alabama, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ Alfred Conkling, A Treatise on the Organization, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Courts of the United States (1864), p. 178.
  4. ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 391.
  5. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 20, 1864, and received commission on January 20, 1864.
  6. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 23, 1860, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 1860, and received commission on January 30, 1860.

[edit] External links

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