- United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
(N.D. Ohio)Map 
Appeals to Sixth Circuit Established February 10, 1855 Judges assigned 11 Chief judge Solomon Oliver, Jr. Official site The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (in case citations, N.D. Ohio) is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio. The court has courthouses in Cleveland (where the chief judge and most of the Northern District's judges have chambers), Toledo, Akron, and Youngstown.
Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The United States Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Ohio represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Steven M. Dettelbach was appointed U.S. Attorney on July 10, 2009 by President Barack Obama, and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 15, 2009. He was sworn into office on October 26, 2009.
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History
The United States District Court for the District of Ohio was established on February 19, 1803, by 2 Stat. 201.[1][2] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on February 10, 1855, by 10 Stat. 604.[2]
Current judges
- As of June 1, 2010, a vacancy exists in the Northern District of Ohio due to Judge James Carr's decision to assume senior status. On May 11, 2011, President Obama nominated Jeffrey J. Helmick to the position. The U.S. Senate has yet to act on the nomination.
Judge Appointed by Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceEnded senior
statusEnd reason Solomon Oliver Jr. Bill Clinton May 9, 1994 Incumbent – – Donald C. Nugent Bill Clinton June 30, 1995 Incumbent – – Patricia Anne Gaughan Bill Clinton December 26, 1995 Incumbent – – James S. Gwin Bill Clinton November 7, 1997 Incumbent – – Dan A. Polster Bill Clinton August 3, 1998 Incumbent – – John R. Adams George W. Bush February 12, 2003 Incumbent – – Christopher A. Boyko George W. Bush January 3, 2005 Incumbent – – Jack Zouhary George W. Bush March 28, 2006 Incumbent – – Sara Elizabeth Lioi George W. Bush March 14, 2007 Incumbent – – Benita Y. Pearson Barack Obama December 21, 2010 Incumbent – – Vacant - - - - – George Washington White Jimmy Carter May 23, 1980 February 26, 1999 Incumbent – John William Potter Ronald Reagan June 21, 1982 August 1, 1992 Incumbent – David Dudley Dowd Jr. Ronald Reagan September 23, 1982 June 30, 1996 Incumbent – Lesley B. Wells Bill Clinton February 11, 1994 February 14, 2006 Incumbent – James G. Carr Bill Clinton May 9, 1994 June 1, 2010 Incumbent – David A. Katz Bill Clinton October 11, 1994 January 1, 2005 Incumbent – Peter C. Economus Bill Clinton June 30, 1995 July 3, 2009 Incumbent[3] – Former judges
Judge Appointed by Began active
serviceEnded active
serviceEnded senior
statusEnd reason Ann Aldrich Jimmy Carter May 24, 1980 May 12, 1995 May 2, 2010 death Alice M. Batchelder Ronald Reagan April 4, 1985 January 4, 1992 – reappointment Frank J. Battisti John F. Kennedy September 22, 1961 April 1, 1994 October 19, 1994 death Samuel H. Bell Ronald Reagan December 22, 1982 October 30, 1996 December 23, 2010 death John Hessin Clarke Woodrow Wilson July 21, 1914 July 24, 1916 – reappointment James C. Connell Dwight D. Eisenhower August 10, 1954 September 21, 1971 October 30, 1973 death Leroy John Contie, Jr. Richard Nixon December 6, 1971 March 23, 1982 – reappointment William Louis Day William Howard Taft May 9, 1911 May 1, 1914 – resignation Emerich B. Freed Franklin D. Roosevelt October 7, 1941 December 4, 1955 – death Ben Charles Green John F. Kennedy October 5, 1961[4] January 5, 1976 January 12, 1983 death George Philip Hahn Calvin Coolidge December 17, 1928 February 12, 1937 – death Paul J. Jones Warren G. Harding March 2, 1923 August 4, 1965 – death Girard Edward Kalbfleisch Dwight D. Eisenhower September 21, 1959 September 30, 1970 April 1, 1990 death John Milton Killits William Howard Taft June 24, 1910 October 6, 1928 September 13, 1938 death Frank Le Blond Kloeb Franklin D. Roosevelt August 20, 1937 September 30, 1964 March 11, 1976 death Alvin I. Krenzler Ronald Reagan December 10, 1981 January 1, 1992 July 6, 1992 retirement Robert B. Krupansky Richard Nixon October 16, 1970 March 19, 1982 – reappointment Thomas Demetrios Lambros Lyndon B. Johnson August 18, 1967 February 10, 1995 – retirement John Michael Manos Gerald Ford March 29, 1976 April 1, 1991 July 6, 2006 death Paul Ramon Matia George H. W. Bush November 18, 1991 December 31, 2004 May 31, 2005 retirement Charles Joseph McNamee Harry S. Truman March 9, 1951 May 2, 1964 – death Richard B. McQuade Jr. Ronald Reagan September 15, 1986 September 30, 1989 – resignation Kathleen M. O'Malley Bill Clinton October 12, 1994 December 27, 2010 – Elevated Augustus J. Ricks Benjamin Harrison July 1, 1889[5] December 22, 1906 – death Charles Taylor Sherman Andrew Johnson March 2, 1867 November 25, 1872 – resignation Robert Walker Tayler Theodore Roosevelt January 10, 1905 November 25, 1910 – death William Kernahan Thomas Lyndon B. Johnson March 7, 1966 February 15, 1981 March 20, 2001 death Nicholas Joseph Walinski, Jr. Richard Nixon October 21, 1970 December 1, 1985 December 24, 1992 death Paul Charles Weick Dwight D. Eisenhower March 29, 1956 October 7, 1959 – reappointment Martin Welker Ulysses S. Grant November 25, 1873[6] June 1, 1889 – retirement Samuel H. West Calvin Coolidge December 17, 1928 October 5, 1938 – death David C. Westenhaver Woodrow Wilson March 14, 1917 July 29, 1928 – death Robert Nugen Wilkin Franklin D. Roosevelt June 3, 1939 August 31, 1949 February 23, 1973 death Hiram V. Willson Franklin Pierce February 20, 1855 November 11, 1866 – death Francis Joseph Wing William McKinley January 23, 1901 February 1, 1905 – resignation Don John Young Lyndon B. Johnson May 22, 1965 July 1, 1980 May 10, 1996 death See also
- Courts of Ohio
- List of United States federal courthouses in Ohio
Notes
- ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392.
- ^ a b U.S. District Courts of Ohio, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Judge Economus often travels to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to hear cases.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 1962, and received commission on July 2, 1962.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 16, 1889, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 16, 1890, and received commission on January 16, 1890.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 2, 1873, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 8, 1873, and received commission on December 8, 1873.
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