United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
(N.D. Tex.)
Appeals to Fifth Circuit
Established February 24, 1879
Judges assigned 12
Chief judge Sidney Allen Fitzwater
Official site

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo and Wichita Falls. It has jurisdiction over 100 counties in the northern and central parts of the U.S. state of Texas.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

Appeals from this court are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which includes Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

[edit] Judges

Judge Appointed by Began active
service		 Ended active
service		 Ended senior
status		 End reason
, William Hawley Atwell Warren G. Harding 19230109January 9, 1923 19541231December 31, 1954 19611222December 22, 1961 death
, David Owen Belew Jr. Jimmy Carter 19790426April 26, 1979 19900507May 7, 1990 20011121November 21, 2001 death
, Jane J. Boyle George W. Bush 20040629June 29, 2004 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Leo Brewster John F. Kennedy 19611005October 5, 1961[1] 19731101November 1, 1973 19791127November 27, 1979 death
, Jerry Buchmeyer Jimmy Carter 19791005October 5, 1979 20030905September 5, 2003 Incumbent 0–
, Samuel Ray Cummings Ronald Reagan 19871209December 9, 1987 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Thomas Whitfield Davidson Franklin D. Roosevelt 19360205February 5, 1936 19651101November 1, 1965 19740126January 26, 1974 death
, Joseph Brannon Dooley Harry S Truman 19470709July 9, 1947 19661001October 1, 1966 19670119January 19, 1967 death
, Joe Ewing Estes Dwight D. Eisenhower 19550801August 1, 1955 19720701July 1, 1972 19891024October 24, 1989 death
, A. Joe Fish Ronald Reagan 19830224February 24, 1983 20071112November 12, 2007 Incumbent 0–
, Sidney A. Fitzwater Ronald Reagan 19860319March 19, 1986 Incumbent 0– 0–
, David C. Godbey George W. Bush 20020802August 2, 2002 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Patrick Higginbotham Gerald Ford 19751212December 12, 1975 19820803August 3, 1982 0– reappointment
, Robert Madden Hill Richard M. Nixon 19701201December 1, 1970 19840720July 20, 1984 0– reappointment
, Sarah T. Hughes John F. Kennedy 19611005October 5, 1961[2] 19750804August 4, 1975 19850423April 23, 1985 death
, Elton Joe Kendall George H.W. Bush 19920515May 15, 1992 20020122January 22, 2002 0– resignation
, James E. Kinkeade George W. Bush 20021115November 15, 2002 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Sam A. Lindsay Bill Clinton 19980317March 17, 1998 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Barbara M. Lynn Bill Clinton 19991122November 22, 1999 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Eldon Brooks Mahon Richard M. Nixon 19720703July 3, 1972 19891001October 1, 1989 20051203December 3, 2005 death
, Robert B. Maloney Ronald Reagan 19851017October 17, 1985 20000831August 31, 2000 Incumbent 0–
, John H. McBryde George H.W. Bush 19900807August 7, 1990 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Andrew Phelps McCormick Rutherford B. Hayes 18790410April 10, 1879 18920322March 22, 1892 0– reappointment
, Terry R. Means George H.W. Bush 19911105November 5, 1991 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Edward Roscoe Meek William McKinley 18980713July 13, 1898[3] 19351231December 31, 1935 19390410April 10, 1939 death
, Reed Charles O'Connor George W. Bush 20071121November 21, 2007 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Robert William Porter Richard M. Nixon 19740620June 20, 1974 19900117January 17, 1990 19911106November 6, 1991 death
, John B. Rector Benjamin Harrison 18920328March 28, 1892 18980409April 9, 1898 0– death
, Mary Lou Robinson Jimmy Carter 19790426April 26, 1979 Incumbent 0– 0–
, Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. Jimmy Carter 19790426April 26, 1979 19960101January 1, 1996 20080921September 21, 2008 death
, Jorge Antonio Solis George H.W. Bush 19910916September 16, 1991 Incumbent 0– 0–
, William McLaughlin Taylor, Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson 19660722July 22, 1966 19790207February 7, 1979 19850617June 17, 1985 death
, James Clifton Wilson Woodrow Wilson 19190305March 5, 1919[4] 19470731July 31, 1947 19510803August 3, 1951 death
, Halbert Owen Woodward Lyndon B. Johnson 19680607June 7, 1968 19861230December 30, 1986 20001002October 2, 2000 death

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
  2. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
  3. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1898, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 15, 1899, and received commission on February 15, 1899.
  4. ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on May 23, 1919, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 1919, and received commission on June 24, 1919.

[edit] External links

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