| United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (N.D. Tex.) |
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| Location | Dallas, Texas |
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| Appeals to | Fifth Circuit |
| Established | February 24, 1879 |
| Judges assigned | 12 |
| Chief judge | Sidney Allen Fitzwater |
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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).
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History [edit]
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the United States District Court for the District of Texas, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state.[1] On February 21, 1857, the state was divided into two districts, Eastern and Western, with Judge Watrous continuing in the Eastern district.[2] Judge Watrous and Judge Thomas H. DuVal, of the Western District of Texas, left the state on the secession of Texas from the Union, the only two United States Judges not to resign their posts in states that seceded. When Texas was restored to the Union, Watrous and DuVal resumed their duties and served until 1870.
In 1879, Texas was further subdivided with the creation of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, using territory taken from both the Eastern and Western districts.[3]
Current judges [edit]
| # | Title | Judge | Duty station | Born | Term of service | Appointed by | ||
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| Active | Chief | Senior | ||||||
| 23 | Chief Judge | Sidney A. Fitzwater | Dallas | 1953 | 1986–present | 2007–present | — | Reagan |
| 18 | District Judge | Mary Lou Robinson | Amarillo | 1926 | 1979–present | — | — | Carter |
| 24 | District Judge | Samuel Ray Cummings | Lubbock | 1944 | 1987–present | — | — | Reagan |
| 25 | District Judge | John H. McBryde | Fort Worth | 1931 | 1990–present | — | — | G.H.W. Bush |
| 26 | District Judge | Jorge Antonio Solis | Dallas | 1951 | 1991–present | — | — | G.H.W. Bush |
| 27 | District Judge | Terry R. Means | Fort Worth | 1948 | 1991–present | — | — | G.H.W. Bush |
| 29 | District Judge | Sam A. Lindsay | Dallas | 1951 | 1998–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 30 | District Judge | Barbara M. Lynn | Dallas | 1952 | 1999–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 31 | District Judge | David C. Godbey | Dallas | 1957 | 2002–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 32 | District Judge | James E. Kinkeade | Dallas | 1951 | 2002–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 33 | District Judge | Jane J. Boyle | Dallas | 1954 | 2004–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 34 | District Judge | Reed Charles O'Connor | Dallas | 1965 | 2007–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 21 | Senior District Judge | A. Joe Fish | Dallas | 1942 | 1983–2007 | 2002–2007 | 2007–present | Reagan |
| 22 | Senior District Judge | Robert B. Maloney | (n/a) | 1933 | 1985–2000 | (none) | 2000–present | Reagan |
| —[4] | Senior District Judge | William Royal Furgeson, Jr. | Dallas | 1941 | 1994–2008 | (none) | 2008–present | Clinton |
Former judges [edit]
| # | Judge | State | Born/Died | Active service | Term as Chief Judge | Senior status | Appointed by | Reason for termination |
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| 1 | Andrew Phelps McCormick | TX | 1832–1916 | 1879–1892 | (none) | (none) | Hayes | appointment to 5th Cir. |
| 2 | John B. Rector | TX | 1837–1898 | 1892–1898 | (none) | (none) | B. Harrison | death |
| 3 | Edward Roscoe Meek | TX | 1865–1939 | 1899[5]-1935 | (none) | 1935–1939 | McKinley | death |
| 4 | James Clifton Wilson | TX | 1874–1951 | 1919[6]-1951 | (none) | (none) | Wilson | retirement |
| 5 | William Hawley Atwell | TX | 1869–1961 | 1923–1954 | 1948–1954 | 1954–1961 | Harding | death |
| 6 | Thomas Whitfield Davidson | TX | 1876–1974 | 1936–1965 | 1954–1959 | 1965–1974 | F. Roosevelt | death |
| 7 | Joseph Brannon Dooley | TX | 1889–1967 | 1947–1966 | 1959 | 1966–1967 | Truman | death |
| 8 | Joe Ewing Estes | TX | 1903–1989 | 1955–1972 | 1959–1972 | 1972–1989 | Eisenhower | death |
| 9 | Leo Brewster | TX | 1903–1979 | 1961[7]–1973 | 1972–1973 | 1973–1979 | Kennedy | death |
| 10 | Sarah T. Hughes | TX | 1896–1985 | 1961[8]–1975 | (none) | 1975–1985 | Kennedy | death |
| 11 | William McLaughlin Taylor, Jr. | TX | 1909–1985 | 1966–1979 | 1973–1977 | 1979–1985 | L. Johnson | death |
| 12 | Halbert Owen Woodward | TX | 1918–2000 | 1968–1986 | 1977–1986 | 1986–2000 | L. Johnson | death |
| 13 | Robert Madden Hill | TX | 1928–1987 | 1970–1984 | (none) | (none) | Nixon | appointment to 5th Cir. |
| 14 | Eldon Brooks Mahon | TX | 1918–2005 | 1972–1989 | (none) | 1989–2005 | Nixon | death |
| 15 | Robert William Porter | TX | 1926–1991 | 1974–1990 | 1986–1989 | 1990–1991 | Nixon | death |
| 16 | Patrick Higginbotham | TX | 1938–present | 1975–1982 | (none) | (none) | Ford | appointment to 5th Cir. |
| 17 | David Owen Belew Jr. | TX | 1920–2001 | 1979–1990 | (none) | 1990–2001 | Carter | death |
| 19 | Harold Barefoot Sanders, Jr. | TX | 1925–2008 | 1979–1996 | 1989–1995 | 1996–2008 | Carter | death |
| 20 | Jerry Buchmeyer | TX | 1933–2009 | 1979–2003 | 1995–2001 | 2003–2009 | Carter | death |
| 28 | Elton Joe Kendall | TX | 1954–present | 1992–2002 | (none) | (none) | G.H.W. Bush | retirement |
See also [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ U.S. Department of Justice: 2002 Centennial Report, pgs. 1, 10
- ^ Southern District of Texas: History of the District
- ^ U.S. District Courts of Texas, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Originally from W.D. Texas, moved to N.D. Texas upon his assumption of senior status.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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