- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
(N.D. Ill.)Map 
The Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, one of four locations where the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois holds sessions.Appeals to Seventh Circuit Established February 13, 1855 Judges assigned 22 Chief judge James F. Holderman Official site The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (in case citations, N.D. Ill.) is the trial-level court with jurisdiction over the northern counties of Illinois.
Appeals from the Northern District of Illinois are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The court is divided into two geographical divisions:
The eastern division includes Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, and Will counties. Its sessions are held in Chicago and Wheaton.
The western division includes Boone, Carroll, De Kalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago. Its sessions are held in Freeport and Rockford.
Contents
History
The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502.[1][2] The act established a single office for a judge to preside over the court. Initially, the court was not within any existing judicial circuit, and appeals from the court were taken directly to the United States Supreme Court. In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat. 176.[2]
The Northern District itself was created by a statute passed on February 13, 1855, 10 Stat. 606, which subdivided the District of Illinois into the Northern and the Southern Districts.[2] The boundaries of the District and the seats of the courts were set forth in the statute:
“ The counties of Hancock, McDonough, Peoria, Woodford, Livingston, and Iroquois, and all the counties in the said State north of them, shall compose one district, to be called the northern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the said district at the city of Chicago; and the residue of the counties of the said State shall compose another district, to be called the southern district of Illinois, and courts shall be held for the same at the city of Springfield. ” The district has since been re-organized several times. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was created on March 3, 1905 by 33 Stat. 992,[2] by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in a reorganization on October 2, 1978 which replaced it with a Central District, 92 Stat. 883,[2] formed primarily from parts of the Southern District, and returning some counties to the Northern District.
Current judges
# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior 56 Chief District Judge James F. Holderman Chicago 1946 1985–present 2006–present (n/a) Reagan 55 District Judge Charles Ronald Norgle, Sr. Chicago 1937 1984–present (n/a) (n/a) Reagan 60 District Judge James Zagel Chicago 1941 1987–present (n/a) (n/a) Reagan 70 District Judge Ruben Castillo Chicago 1954 1994–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 71 District Judge Joan B. Gottschall Chicago 1947 1996–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 72 District Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer Chicago 1954 1998–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 73 District Judge William J. Hibbler Chicago 1946 1999–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 74 District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly Chicago 1956 1999–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 75 District Judge Ronald A. Guzman Chicago 1948 1999–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 76 District Judge Joan Lefkow Chicago 1944 2000–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 77 District Judge John W. Darrah Chicago 1938 2000–present (n/a) (n/a) Clinton 78 District Judge Amy J. St. Eve Chicago 1965 2002–present (n/a) (n/a) G.W. Bush 79 District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan Chicago 1952 2003–present (n/a) (n/a) G.W. Bush 80 District Judge Virginia Mary Kendall Chicago 1952 2006–present (n/a) (n/a) G.W. Bush 82 District Judge Frederick J. Kapala Rockford 1960 2007–present (n/a) (n/a) G.W. Bush 83 District Judge Robert Michael Dow Jr. Chicago 1965 2007–present (n/a) (n/a) G.W. Bush 84 District Judge Gary Feinerman Chicago 1965 2010–present (n/a) (n/a) Obama 85 District Judge Sharon J. Coleman Chicago 1960 2010–present (n/a) (n/a) Obama 86 District Judge Edmond E. Chang Chicago 1970 2010–present (n/a) (n/a) Obama 87 District Judge (Seat Vacant) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 88 District Judge (Seat Vacant) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 89 District Judge (Seat Vacant) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 41 Senior District Judge John Francis Grady Chicago 1929 1975–1994 (n/a) 1994–present Ford 46 Senior District Judge Marvin E. Aspen Chicago 1934 1979–2002 (n/a) 2002–present Carter 48 Senior District Judge Milton Irving Shadur Chicago 1924 1980–1992 (n/a) 1992–present Carter 50 Senior District Judge Charles Petros Kocoras Chicago 1938 1980–2006 (n/a) 2006–present Carter 51 Senior District Judge William Thomas Hart Chicago 1929 1982–1996 (n/a) 1996–present Reagan 52 Senior District Judge John Albert Nordberg Chicago 1926 1982–1994 (n/a) 1994–present Reagan 53 Senior District Judge Paul Edward Plunkett inactive 1935 1982–1998 (n/a) 1998–present Reagan 58 Senior District Judge Harry Daniel Leinenweber Chicago 1937 1985–2002 (n/a) 2002–present Reagan 61 Senior District Judge Suzanne B. Conlon Chicago 1939 1988–2004 (n/a) 2004–present Reagan 62 Senior District Judge George Michael Marovich Chicago 1931 1988–2000 (n/a) 2000–present Reagan 63 Senior District Judge George Wakem Lindberg Chicago 1932 1989–2001 (n/a) 2001–present G.H.W. Bush 65 Senior District Judge Philip Godfrey Reinhard Rockford 1941 1992–2007 (n/a) 2007–present G.H.W. Bush 66 Senior District Judge Blanche M. Manning Chicago 1934 1994–2010 (n/a) 2010–present Clinton 68 Senior District Judge Elaine E. Bucklo Chicago 1944 1994–2009 (n/a) 2009–present Clinton 69 Senior District Judge Robert William Gettleman Chicago 1943 1994–2009 (n/a) 2009–present Clinton Vacancies
Prior
incumbentDate of
vacancyReason Nominee Date
nominatedDavid H. Coar August 12, 2009 Senior John Z. Lee November 10, 2011 Blanche M. Manning February 1, 2010 Senior John J. Tharp, Jr. November 10, 2011 Wayne R. Andersen July 31, 2010 Retired None N/A Former Judges
Judge Appointed by Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceEnded senior
statusEnd reason Thomas Drummond Zachary Taylor February 19, 1850 December 22, 1869 – reappointment Henry Williams Blodgett Ulysses S. Grant January 11, 1870 December 5, 1892 – retirement Peter Stenger Grosscup Benjamin Harrison December 20, 1892 February 1, 1899 – reappointment Christian Cecil Kohlsaat William McKinley February 28, 1899 March 24, 1905 – reappointment Solomon Hicks Bethea Theodore Roosevelt March 18, 1905 August 3, 1909 – death Kenesaw Mountain Landis Theodore Roosevelt March 18, 1905 February 28, 1922 – resignation George Albert Carpenter William Howard Taft January 11, 1910 June 30, 1933 – resignation Adam C. Cliffe Warren G. Harding December 22, 1922 June 12, 1928 – death James Herbert Wilkerson Warren G. Harding July 18, 1922 December 31, 1940 September 30, 1948 death Charles Edgar Woodward Calvin Coolidge March 2, 1929 May 15, 1942 – death John Peter Barnes Herbert Hoover March 4, 1931 September 15, 1957 December 31, 1958 resignation George E. Q. Johnson Herbert Hoover August 3, 1932[3] March 3, 1933 – not confirmed William Joseph Campbell Franklin D. Roosevelt October 10, 1940 March 19, 1970 October 19, 1988 death William Harrison Holly Franklin D. Roosevelt November 8, 1933[4] December 31, 1943 January 30, 1958 death Michael L. Igoe Franklin D. Roosevelt November 21, 1938[5] August 31, 1965 August 21, 1967 death Walter J. LaBuy Franklin D. Roosevelt March 31, 1944 January 31, 1961 September 29, 1967 death Elwyn Riley Shaw Franklin D. Roosevelt May 9, 1944 July 18, 1950 – death Philip Leo Sullivan Franklin D. Roosevelt November 8, 1933[4] June 12, 1960 – death Joseph Sam Perry Harry S. Truman August 22, 1951 November 29, 1971 February 18, 1984 death Julius Hoffman Dwight D. Eisenhower May 14, 1953 February 3, 1972 July 1, 1983 death Winfred George Knoch Dwight D. Eisenhower May 14, 1953 September 14, 1958 – reappointment Julius Howard Miner Dwight D. Eisenhower February 27, 1958 March 13, 1963 – death Edwin Albert Robson Dwight D. Eisenhower September 29, 1958[6] April 16, 1975 October 21, 1986 death Richard Bevan Austin John F. Kennedy August 15, 1961 October 10, 1975 February 7, 1977 death Bernard Martin Decker John F. Kennedy December 12, 1962[7] April 2, 1980 November 3, 1993 death Abraham Lincoln Marovitz John F. Kennedy October 2, 1963 August 10, 1975 March 17, 2001 death James Benton Parsons John F. Kennedy August 30, 1961 August 30, 1981 June 19, 1993 death Hubert Louis Will John F. Kennedy September 22, 1961 April 23, 1979 December 9, 1995 death William Joseph Lynch Lyndon B. Johnson March 7, 1966 August 9, 1976 – death Alexander J. Napoli Lyndon B. Johnson September 21, 1966 July 12, 1972 – death William Joseph Bauer Richard Nixon November 10, 1971 January 3, 1975 – reappointment Prentice Marshall Richard Nixon July 18, 1973 October 19, 1988 April 15, 1996 retirement Frank James McGarr Richard Nixon October 14, 1970 June 30, 1986 January 15, 1988 retirement Richard Wellington McLaren Richard Nixon January 26, 1972 February 25, 1976 – death Thomas Roberts McMillen Richard Nixon April 23, 1971 December 31, 1984 September 8, 1985 retirement Philip Willis Tone Richard Nixon January 26, 1972 May 17, 1974 – reappointment John Powers Crowley Gerald Ford June 16, 1976 June 30, 1981 – resignation Joel Martin Flaum Gerald Ford December 20, 1974 June 1, 1983 – reappointment Alfred Younges Kirkland, Sr. Gerald Ford December 21, 1974 April 30, 1979 March 19, 2004 death George Neves Leighton Gerald Ford February 4, 1976 December 1, 1987 – retirement Nicholas John Bua Jimmy Carter October 11, 1977 November 4, 1991 – retirement Susan Christine O'Meara Getzendanner Jimmy Carter September 30, 1980 September 30, 1987 – resignation Stanley Julian Roszkowski Jimmy Carter October 11, 1977 January 9, 1991 January 31, 1998 retirement James Byron Moran Jimmy Carter July 24, 1979 June 30, 1995 April 21, 2009 death James Henry Alesia Ronald Reagan May 20, 1987 February 1, 1998 July 24, 2003 death Ilana Rovner Ronald Reagan September 12, 1984 August 17, 1992 – reappointment Ann Claire Williams Ronald Reagan April 4, 1985 November 17, 1999 – reappointment Brian Barnett Duff Ronald Reagan October 17, 1985 October 10, 1996 – resignation Wayne R. Andersen George H.W. Bush November 18, 1991 July 31, 2010 – retirement David Coar Bill Clinton October 7, 1994 August 12, 2009 December 31, 2010 retirement Mark Filip George W. Bush February 8, 2004 March 9, 2008 – resignation Magistrate Judges
- Sidney I. Schenkier (Presiding Magistrate Judge)
- Martin C. Ashman
- Geraldine Soat Brown
- Jeffrey Cole
- Susan Cox
- Morton Denlow
- Arlander Keys
- P. Michael Mahoney
- Michael T. Mason
- Nan R. Nolan, Nolan was the magistrate judge who oversaw the initiation of charges against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
- Maria Valdez[8]
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Patrick Fitzgerald has served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois since September 1, 2001.
See also
- Courts of Illinois
- List of United States federal courthouses in Illinois
References
- ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 393.
- ^ a b c d e U.S. District Courts of Illinois, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Recess appointment; the United States Senate later rejected the appointment.
- ^ a b Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 8, 1934, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 20, 1934, and received commission on March 1, 1934.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 9, 1939, and received commission on March 4, 1939.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 17, 1959, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 29, 1959, and received commission on April 30, 1959.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1963, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1963, and received commission on April 2, 1963.
- ^ List of Northern District Judges
External links
- Official website
- United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Official Website
- Office of Special Counsel, Northern District of Illinois
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