United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
(W.D. Pa.)
Appeals to Third Circuit
Established April 20, 1818
Judges assigned 10
Chief judge Donetta W. Ambrose
Official site
U.S. Courthouse, Erie, Pennsylvania.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, W.D. Pa.) sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law. Chief Judge Donetta W. Ambrose presides. Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

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[edit] Judges

  • As of March 15, 2007, a vacancy exists in the Western District of Pennsylvania due to the elevation of Judge Thomas M. Hardiman to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals by President George W. Bush. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.
Judge Appointed by Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status		 End reason
, Marcus Wilson Acheson Rutherford B. Hayes 18800114January 14, 1880 18910209February 9, 1891 0– reappointment
, Donetta W. Ambrose Bill Clinton 19931124November 24, 1993 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Alan Neil Bloch Jimmy Carter 19791102November 2, 1979 19970412April 12, 1997 Incumbent 0–
, Joseph Buffington Benjamin Harrison 18920223February 23, 1892 19060926September 26, 1906 0– reappointment
, Owen McIntosh Burns Harry S Truman 19491021October 21, 1949[1] 19521026October 26, 1952 0– death
, David S. Cercone George W. Bush 20020802August 2, 2002 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Robert J. Cindrich Bill Clinton 19941007October 7, 1994 20040130January 30, 2004 0– resignation
, Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr. Gerald Ford 19760521May 21, 1976 19941128November 28, 1994 Incumbent 0–
, Joy Flowers Conti George W. Bush 20020731July 31, 2002 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Gustave Diamond Jimmy Carter 19780502May 2, 1978 19940131January 31, 1994 Incumbent 0–
, Edward Dumbauld John F. Kennedy 19610803August 3, 1961 19761231December 31, 1976 19970906September 6, 1997 death
, Nathaniel Ewing Theodore Roosevelt 19060925September 25, 1906[2] 19080131January 31, 1908 0– resignation
, Nora Barry Fischer George W. Bush 20070402April 2, 2007 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Frederick Voris Follmer Harry S Truman 19460807August 7, 1946 19550601June 1, 1955 0– assignment to another court
, Kim R. Gibson George W. Bush 20030924September 24, 2003 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Robert Murray Gibson Warren G. Harding 19220724July 24, 1922 19490131January 31, 1949 19491219December 19, 1949 death
, Wallace Samuel Gourley Harry S Truman 19451129November 29, 1945 19690804August 4, 1969 19760923September 23, 1976 death
, Thomas Hardiman George W. Bush 20031027October 27, 2003 20070405April 5, 2007 0– reappointment
, Thomas Irwin Andrew Jackson 18310414April 14, 1831[3] 18590104January 4, 1859 0– resignation
, Winthrop Welles Ketcham Ulysses Grant 18760626June 26, 1876 18791206December 6, 1879 0– death
, William W. Knox Richard M. Nixon 19701014October 14, 1970 19810830August 30, 1981 0– death
, Gary L. Lancaster Bill Clinton 19931124November 24, 1993 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Donald J. Lee George H.W. Bush 19900312March 12, 1990 20000406April 6, 2000 Incumbent 0–
, Timothy K. Lewis George H.W. Bush 19910618June 18, 1991 19921023October 23, 1992 0– reappointment
, Carol Los Mansmann Ronald Reagan 19820319March 19, 1982 19850422April 22, 1985 0– reappointment
, Rabe Ferguson Marsh, Jr. Harry S Truman 19500608June 8, 1950 19770131January 31, 1977 19930419April 19, 1993 death
, Wilson McCandless James Buchanan 18590208February 8, 1859 18760724July 24, 1876 0– retirement
, Barron Patterson McCune Richard M. Nixon 19701218December 18, 1970 19850401April 1, 1985 20080910September 10, 2008 death
, John Wilson McIlvaine Dwight D. Eisenhower 19550801August 1, 1955 19630701July 1, 1963 0– death
, Sean J. McLaughlin Bill Clinton 19941011October 11, 1994 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Terrence F. McVerry George W. Bush 20020904September 4, 2002 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Nelson McVicar Calvin Coolidge 19280914September 14, 1928[4] 19510201February 1, 1951 19601220December 20, 1960 death
, Glenn Everell Mencer Ronald Reagan 19820319March 19, 1982 19940418April 18, 1994 20070417April 17, 2007 death
, John Lester Miller Dwight D. Eisenhower 19540520May 20, 1954 19711001October 1, 1971 19780720July 20, 1978 death
, Charles Prentiss Orr William H. Taft 19090408April 8, 1909 19220516May 16, 1922 0– death
, James Hay Reed Benjamin Harrison 18910220February 20, 1891 18920115January 15, 1892 0– resignation
, Louis Rosenberg John F. Kennedy 19611120November 20, 1961[5] 19760105January 5, 1976 19990702July 2, 1999 death
, Ralph Francis Scalera Richard M. Nixon 19711130November 30, 1971 19760501May 1, 1976 0– resignation
, Frederic Palen Schoonmaker Warren G. Harding 19221222December 22, 1922 19450905September 5, 1945 0– death
, Arthur J. Schwab George W. Bush 20020917September 17, 2002 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Paul Allen Simmons Jimmy Carter 19780407April 7, 1978 19900601June 1, 1990 Incumbent 0–
, D. Brooks Smith Ronald Reagan 19881017October 17, 1988 20020923September 23, 2002 0– reappointment
, Daniel John Snyder, Jr. Richard M. Nixon 19730417April 17, 1973 19800511May 11, 1980 0– death
, Herbert Peter Sorg Dwight D. Eisenhower 19550801August 1, 1955 19761220December 20, 1976 19790311March 11, 1979 death
, William Lloyd Standish Ronald Reagan 19871106November 6, 1987 20020301March 1, 2002 Incumbent 0–
, William Alvah Stewart Harry S Truman 19510425April 25, 1951 19530409April 9, 1953 0– death
, Hubert Irving Teitelbaum Richard M. Nixon 19701212December 12, 1970 19850702July 2, 1985 19950105January 5, 1995 death
, W. H. Seward Thomson Woodrow Wilson 19140721July 21, 1914 19280221February 21, 1928 19321129November 29, 1932 death
, Jonathan Hoge Walker James Monroe 18180420April 20, 1818 18240323March 23, 1824 0– death
, Gerald Joseph Weber Lyndon B. Johnson 19640915September 15, 1964 19881231December 31, 1988 19890828August 28, 1989 death
, Joseph Francis Weis Jr. Richard M. Nixon 19700424April 24, 1970 19730327March 27, 1973 0– reappointment
, William Wilkins James Monroe 18240512May 12, 1824 18310414April 14, 1831 0– resignation
, Joseph Putnam Willson Dwight D. Eisenhower 19530714July 14, 1953 19681018October 18, 1968 19980803August 3, 1998 death
, James Scott Young Theodore Roosevelt 19080122January 22, 1908 19140225February 25, 1914 0– death
, Donald Emil Ziegler Jimmy Carter 19780502May 2, 1978 20011001October 1, 2001 20030531May 31, 2003 retirement

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950.
  2. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 3, 1906, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 11, 1906, and received commission on December 11, 1906.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 7, 1831, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 21, 1832, and received commission on March 21, 1832.
  4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1928, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1928, and received commission on December 17, 1928.
  5. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on July 10, 1962, and received commission on July 12, 1962.

[edit] External links

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