United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(E.D. Pa.)
Seal of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Appeals to Third Circuit
Established April 20, 1818
Judges assigned 22
Chief judge Petrese B. Tucker
Official site
The James A. Byrne Courthouse in Philadelphia

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, and is now located at the James Byrne Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia.

The Court's jurisdiction includes Philadelphia, as well as Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton counties. The district is a part of the Third Circuit, and appeals are taken to that Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

Currently the Federal District Courts are undergoing some policy changes, which includes court fees associated with the filing and prosecution of a number of actions. According to the National Bulletin, Vol 60, Page 188 [12 August 2011] these changes are designed to 'eliminate undue litigation while promptly addressing issues brought forward for review by the general public,' and though the fees and costs were not specifically addressed, a potential litigant needs further inquiry prior to filing any type of legal claim.

The people in the district are represented by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. There are Eastern District federal courtrooms in Philadelphia, Allentown, Reading, and Easton.

The current Chief Judge for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Court is Judge Petrese B. Tucker. The current United States Marshal for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Court is David Blake Webb.

History

The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789.[1][2] It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by 3 Stat. 462,[1][2] into the Eastern and Western Districts to be headquartered in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, respectively.[1] Portions of these districts were subsequently subdivided into the Middle District on March 2, 1901, by 31 Stat. 880.[2] At the time of its initial subdivision, presiding judge Richard Peters, Jr. was reassigned to only the Eastern District.

Current judges

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has 22 authorized judgeships, filled by judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. In addition, judges who have taken senior status continue to hear cases. There are 36 judges, including both active and senior judges. The Chief Judge of the District is Judge Petrese B. Tucker.

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
76 Chief Judge Petrese B. Tucker Philadelphia 1951 2000–present 2013—present — Clinton
79 District Judge Legrome D. Davis Philadelphia 1952 2002–present — — G.W. Bush
80 District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe Philadelphia 1948 2002–present — — G.W. Bush
82 District Judge Timothy J. Savage Philadelphia 1946 2002–present — — G.W. Bush
83 District Judge James Knoll Gardner Allentown 1940 2002–present — — G.W. Bush
84 District Judge Gene E. K. Pratter Philadelphia 1949 2004–present — — G.W. Bush
85 District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel Reading 1952 2004–present — — G.W. Bush
86 District Judge Paul S. Diamond Philadelphia 1953 2004–present — — G.W. Bush
87 District Judge Juan Ramon Sanchez Philadelphia 1955 2004–present — — G.W. Bush
89 District Judge Joel Harvey Slomsky Philadelphia 1946 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
90 District Judge C. Darnell Jones II Philadelphia 1949 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
91 District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg Philadelphia 1959 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
92 District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro Philadelphia 1951 2013–present — — Obama
94 District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl Reading 1955 2013–present — — Obama
95 District Judge Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr. Philadelphia 1954 2014–present — — Obama
96 District Judge Edward G. Smith Easton 1961 2014–present — — Obama
97 District Judge Wendy Beetlestone Philadelphia 1961 2014–present — — Obama
98 District Judge Mark A. Kearney Philadelphia 1962 2014–present — — Obama
99 District Judge Jerry Pappert Philadelphia 1963 2014–present — — Obama
100 District Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. Allentown 1955 2014–present — — Obama
101 District Judge vacant — — — — — —
102 District Judge vacant — — — — — —
39 Senior District Judge John William Ditter, Jr. Philadelphia 1921 1970–1986 — 1986–present Nixon
41 Senior District Judge Donald West VanArtsdalen inactive 1919 1970–1985 — 1985–present Nixon
51 Senior District Judge Norma Levy Shapiro Philadelphia 1928 1978–1998 — 1998–present Carter
53 Senior District Judge Thomas Newman O'Neill, Jr. Philadelphia 1928 1983–1996 — 1996–present Reagan
57 Senior District Judge Edmund V. Ludwig inactive 1928 1985–1997 — 1997–present Reagan
58 Senior District Judge Robert F. Kelly Philadelphia 1935 1987–2001 — 2001–present Reagan
61 Senior District Judge Lowell A. Reed, Jr. inactive 1930 1988–1999 — 1999–present Reagan
62 Senior District Judge Jan E. DuBois Philadelphia 1931 1988–2002 — 2002–present Reagan
65 Senior District Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter Philadelphia 1936 1990–2003 — 2003–present G.H.W. Bush
66 Senior District Judge Harvey Bartle III Philadelphia 1941 1991–2011 2006–2011 2011–present G.H.W. Bush
67 Senior District Judge Stewart Dalzell Philadelphia 1943 1991–2013 — 2013–present G.H.W. Bush
68 Senior District Judge William H. Yohn, Jr. inactive 1935 1991–2003 — 2003–present G.H.W. Bush
69 Senior District Judge John R. Padova Philadelphia 1935 1992–2008 — 2008–present G.H.W. Bush
70 Senior District Judge J. Curtis Joyner Philadelphia 1948 1992–2013 2011–2013 2013-present G.H.W. Bush
71 Senior District Judge Eduardo C. Robreno Philadelphia 1945 1992–2013 — 2013–present G.H.W. Bush
72 Senior District Judge Anita B. Brody Philadelphia 1935 1992–2009 — 2009–present G.H.W. Bush
75 Senior District Judge Mary A. McLaughlin inactive 1946 2000–2013 — 2013–present Clinton
77 Senior District Judge Berle M. Schiller Philadelphia 1944 2000–2012 — 2012–present Clinton
78 Senior District Judge Richard Barclay Surrick Philadelphia 1937 2000–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
81 Senior District Judge Michael M. Baylson Philadelphia 1939 2002–2012 — 2012–present G.W. Bush

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat Seat Last Held By Vacancy Reason Date of Vacancy Nominee Date of Nomination
12 Mary A. McLaughlin Senior status November 18, 2013 John Milton Younge July 30, 2015
27 Luis Felipe Restrepo Elevated January 11, 2016

Former judges

# Judge State Born/Died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 Richard Peters, Jr. PA 1744–1828 1818–1828 — — Washington death
2 Joseph Hopkinson PA 1770–1842 1828–1842[3] — — J.Q. Adams death
3 Archibald Randall PA 1797–1846 1842–1846 — — Tyler death
4 John K. Kane PA 1795–1858 1846–1858 — — Polk death
5 John Cadwalader PA 1805–1879 1858–1879 — — Buchanan death
6 William Butler PA 1822–1909 1879–1899 — — Hayes retirement
7 John Bayard McPherson PA 1846–1919 1899–1912 — — McKinley reappointment
8 James Buchanan Holland PA 1857–1914 1904–1914 — — T. Roosevelt death
9 Joseph Whitaker Thompson PA 1861–1946 1912–1931 — — Taft reappointment
10 Oliver Booth Dickinson PA 1857–1939 1914–1939 — — Wilson death
11 Charles Louis McKeehan PA 1876–1925 1923–1925 — — Harding death
12 William Huntington Kirkpatrick PA 1885–1970 1927–1958 1948–1958 1958–1970 Coolidge death
13 George Austin Welsh PA 1878–1970 1932–1957 — 1957–1970 Hoover death
14 Albert Branson Maris PA 1893–1989 1936–1938 — — F. Roosevelt reappointment
15 Harry Ellis Kalodner PA 1896–1977 1938–1946[4] — — F. Roosevelt reappointment
16 Guy K. Bard PA 1895–1953 1939–1952[5] — — F. Roosevelt resignation
17 James Cullen Ganey PA 1899–1972 1940–1961 1958–1961 — F. Roosevelt reappointment
18 Frederick Voris Follmer PA 1885–1971 1946–1955 — — Truman reassignment
19 James P. McGranery PA 1895–1962 1946–1952 — — Truman resignation
20 Thomas James Clary PA 1899–1977 1949–1969[6] 1961–1969 1969–1977 Truman death
21 Allan Kuhn Grim PA 1904–1965 1949–1961[7] — 1961–1965 Truman death
22 John Whitaker Lord, Jr. PA 1901–1972 1954–1971 1969–1971 1971–1972 Eisenhower death
23 Francis Lund Van Dusen PA 1912–1993 1955–1967 — — Eisenhower reappointment
24 Charles William Kraft, Jr. PA 1903–2002 1955–1970[8] — 1970–2002 Eisenhower death
25 Thomas C. Egan PA 1894–1961 1957–1961 — — Eisenhower death
26 Harold Kenneth Wood PA 1906–1972 1959–1971 — 1971–1972 Eisenhower death
27 Joseph Simon Lord III PA 1912–1991 1961–1982 1971–1982 1982–1991 Kennedy death
28 Abraham Lincoln Freedman PA 1904–1971 1961–1964 — — Kennedy reappointment
29 Alfred Leopold Luongo PA 1920–1986 1961–1986 1982–1986 — Kennedy death
30 Ralph C. Body PA 1903–1973 1962–1972 — 1972–1973 Kennedy death
31 Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. PA 1928–1998 1964–1977[9] — — L. Johnson reappointment
32 John Morgan Davis PA 1906–1984 1964–1974[9] — 1974–1984 L. Johnson death
33 John P. Fullam PA 1921–present 1966–1990 1986–1990 1990–2011 L. Johnson retirement
34 Charles R. Weiner PA 1922–2005 1967–1988 — 1988–2005 L. Johnson death
35 Thomas Ambrose Masterson PA 1927–2000 1967–1973 — — L. Johnson resignation
36 Emanuel Mac Troutman PA 1915–2004 1967–1982 — 1982–2004 L. Johnson death
37 John Berne Hannum PA 1915–2007 1969–1984 — 1984–2007 Nixon death
38 Edward Roy Becker PA 1933–2006 1970–1982 — — Nixon reappointment
40 Daniel Henry Huyett III PA 1921–1998 1970–1988 — 1988–1998 Nixon death
42 James Henry Gorbey PA 1920–1977 1970–1977 — — Nixon death
43 Raymond J. Broderick PA 1914–2000 1971–1984 — 1984–2000 Nixon death
44 Clarence Charles Newcomer PA 1923–2005 1971–1988 — 1988–2005 Nixon death
45 Clifford Scott Green PA 1923–2007 1971–1988 — 1988–2007 Nixon death
46 Louis Charles Bechtle PA 1927–present 1972–1993 1990–1993 1993–2001 Nixon retirement
47 Herbert Allan Fogel PA 1929–present 1973–1978 — — Nixon resignation
48 Joseph Leo McGlynn, Jr. PA 1925–1999 1974–1990 — 1990–1999 Nixon death
49 Edward Norman Cahn PA 1933–present 1974–1998 1993–1998 — Ford retirement
50 Louis H. Pollak PA 1922–2012 1978–1991 — 1991–2012 Carter death
52 James Tyrone Giles PA 1943–present 1979–2008 1999–2005 2008–2008 Carter retirement
54 Marvin Katz PA 1930–2010 1983–1997 — 1997–2010 Reagan death
55 James McGirr Kelly PA 1928–2005 1983–1996 — 1996–2005 Reagan death
56 Anthony Joseph Scirica PA 1940–present 1984–1987 — — Reagan reappointment
59 Robert S. Gawthrop III PA 1942–1999 1987–1999 — — Reagan death
60 Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen PA 1941–present 1987–2004 — — Reagan reappointment
63 Herbert J. Hutton PA 1937–2007 1988–2003 — 2003–2007 Reagan death
64 Jay Waldman PA 1944–2003 1988–2003 — — Reagan death
73 Marjorie Rendell PA 1947–present 1994–1997 — — Clinton reappointment
74 Bruce William Kauffman PA 1934–present 1997–2008 — 2008–2009 Clinton retirement
88 Thomas M. Golden PA 1947–2010 2006–2010 — — G.W. Bush death
93 Luis Felipe Restrepo PA 1959-present 2013–2016 — — Obama reappointment

Succession of seats

List of U.S. Attorneys

See also

Notes

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External links

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 388.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 U.S. District Courts of Pennsylvania, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 11, 1828, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 23, 1829, and received commission on February 23, 1829.
  4. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1939, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1939, and received commission on May 4, 1939.
  5. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on April 4, 1940, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1940, and received commission on April 29, 1940.
  6. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 8, 1950, and received commission on March 9, 1950.
  7. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1950, and received commission on April 7, 1950.
  8. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 1956, and received commission on March 29, 1956.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 3, 1964, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 14, 1964, and received commission on March 17, 1964.
  10. ↑ http://www.vairariley.com/Bio/PeterVaira.html
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