United States District Court for the District of Delaware

United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Established	September 24, 1789

The United States District Court for the District of Delaware (in case citations, D. Del.) is a federal court in 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).

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is the sole federal judicial district in Delaware. Court for the District is held at Wilmington.

Current judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
22	Chief Judge	Gregory M. Sleet	Wilmington	1951	1998–present	2007–present	—	Clinton
20	District Judge	Sue Lewis Robinson	Wilmington	1952	1991–present	2000–2007	—	G.H.W. Bush
24	District Judge	Leonard P. Stark	Wilmington	1969	2010–present	—	—	Obama
25	District Judge	Richard G. Andrews	Wilmington	1955	2011–present	—	—	Obama
17	Senior District Judge	Joseph J. Longobardi	Wilmington	1930	1984–1997	1989–1996	1997–present	Reagan

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Gunning Bedford, Jr.	DE	1747–1812	1789–1812	—	—	Washington	death
2	John Fisher	DE	1771–1823	1812–1823	—	—	Madison	death
3	Willard Hall	DE	1780–1875	1823–1871	—	—	Monroe	retirement
4	Edward Green Bradford	DE	1819–1884	1871–1884	—	—	Grant	death
5	Leonard Eugene Wales	DE	1823–1897	1884–1897	—	—	Arthur	death
6	Edward Green Bradford II	DE	1848–1928	1897–1918	—	—	McKinley	retirement
7	Hugh M. Morris	DE	1878–1966	1919–1930	—	—	Wilson	resignation
8	John Percy Nields	DE	1868–1943	1930–1941	—	1941–1943	Hoover	death
9	Paul Conway Leahy	DE	1904–1966	1942–1957	1948–1957	1957–1966	F. Roosevelt	death
10	Richard Seymour Rodney	DE	1882–1963	1946–1957	—	1957–1963	Truman	death
11	Caleb Merrill Wright	DE	1908–2001	1955–1973	1957–1973	1973–2001	Eisenhower	death
12	Caleb Rodney Layton III	DE	1907–1988	1957–1968	—	1968–1988	Eisenhower	death
13	Edwin DeHaven Steel, Jr.	DE	1904–1986	1958–1969	—	1969–1986	Eisenhower	death
14	James Levin Latchum	DE	1918–2004	1968–1983	1973–1983	1983–2004	L. Johnson	death
15	Walter King Stapleton	DE	1934–present	1970–1985	1983–1985	—	Nixon	reappointment
16	Murray Merle Schwartz	DE	1931-2013	1974–1989	1985–1989	1989–2013	Nixon	death
18	Joseph James Farnan, Jr.	DE	1942–present	1985–2010	1996–2000	—	Reagan	retirement
19	Jane Richards Roth	DE	1935–present	1985–1991	—	—	Reagan	reappointment
21	Roderick R. McKelvie	DE	1946–present	1992–2002	—	—	G.H.W. Bush	resignation
23	Kent A. Jordan	DE	1957–present	2002–2006	—	—	G.W. Bush	reappointment

Succession of seats

Seat 1
Seat established on September 24, 1789 by 1 Stat. 73
Bedford, Jr.	1789–1812
Fisher	1812–1823
Hall	1823–1871
Bradford	1871–1884
Wales	1884–1897
Bradford II	1897–1918
Morris	1919–1930
Nields	1930–1941
Leahy	1942–1957
Steel, Jr.	1958–1969
Stapleton	1970–1985
Roth	1985–1991
Robinson	1991–present

Seat 2
Seat established on July 24, 1946 by 60 Stat. 654 (temporary)
Seat made permanent on September 5, 1950 by 64 Stat. 578
Rodney	1946–1957
Layton III	1957–1968
Latchum	1968–1983
Longobardi	1984–1997
Sleet	1998–present

Seat 3
Seat established on February 10, 1954 by 68 Stat. 8
Wright	1955–1973
Schwartz	1974–1989
McKelvie	1992–2002
Jordan	2002–2006
Stark	2010–present

Seat 4
Seat established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
Farnan, Jr.	1985–2010
Andrews	2011–present

See also

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

External links

• United States District Court for the District of Delaware
• U.S. District Court of Delaware, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.