• Source: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

The United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina (in case citations, D.S.C.) is the federal district" target="_blank">district court whose jurisdiction is the state of South Carolina. Court is held in the cities of Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, and Spartanburg.
Appeals from the district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth 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 for the district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of July 26, 2022, the United States attorney is Adair Ford Boroughs.




History


The district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. It was subdivided into the United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Eastern district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina and the United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Western district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina Districts on February 21, 1823, by 3 Stat. 726. The Eastern district" target="_blank">District was headquartered at Florence, and the Western district" target="_blank">District was headquartered in Greenville. The division was solely for the purposes of holding court – a single judge presided over both districts, and the act authorized no additional court staff.
In 1898 the United States Supreme Court held in Barrett v. United States that South Carolina legally constituted a single judicial district" target="_blank">district. Congress made another effort to subdivide the district" target="_blank">District on March 3, 1911, by 36 Stat. 1087 and 36 Stat. 1123. South Carolina was again split into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized to serve both districts, effective January 1, 1912. Congress finally authorized an additional judgeship for the Western district" target="_blank">District, and assigned the sitting judge exclusively to the Eastern district" target="_blank">District, on March 3, 1915, by 38 Stat. 961. However, on October 7, 1965, by 79 Stat. 951, South Carolina was reorganized as a single judicial district" target="_blank">district with four judgeships authorized for the district" target="_blank">district court. It has since remained a single district" target="_blank">District.




Current judges


As of June 4, 2024:




Vacancies and pending nominations






Former judges






Chief judges


Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district" target="_blank">district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district" target="_blank">district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.
When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status, or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.




Succession of seats






List of past U.S. Attorneys


The U.S. Attorney for South Carolina is the chief law enforcement officer for the United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina. Between 1918 and 1968, the district" target="_blank">district was separated into western and eastern districts of South Carolina and then reunited.

John J. Pringle (1789–1792)
Thomas Parker (1792–1820)
Robert Y. Haynes (1820)
John Gadsden (1820–1831)
Edward Frost (1831)
Robert B. Gilchrist (1831–1840)
Edward McCrady (1840–1850)
William Whaley (1850)
James L. Petigru (1850–1853)
Thomas Evans (1853–1856)
James Conner (1856–1860)
John Phillips (1866–1867)
David T. Corbin (1867–1877)
L. C. Northrup (1878–1881)
Samuel W. Melton (1881–1885)
Leroy F. Youmans (1885–1893)
Abial Lathrop (1889–1893)
William P. Murphy (1893–1896)
Abial Lathrop (1896–1901)
John C. Capers (1901–1906)
Ernest F. Cochran (1906–1914)
Francis H. Weston (1914–1918)
Klyde Robinson (1968–1969)
Joseph O. Rogers Jr. (1969–1971)
John K. Grisso (1971–1975)
Thomas P. Simpson (1975)
Mark W. Buyck Jr. (1975–1977)
Thomas P. Simpson (1977)
Thomas E. Lydon Jr. (1977–1981)
Henry D. McMaster (1981–1985)
Vinton D. Lide (1985–1989)
E. Bart Daniel (1989–1992)
John S. Simmons (1992–1993)
Pete Strom (1993–1996)
J. René Josey (1996–2001)
J. Strom Thurmond Jr. (2001–2005)
Reggie Lloyd (2005–2008)
Walt Wilkins (2008–2010)
Bill Nettles (2010–2016)
Sherri Lydon (2018–2019)
Peter M. McCoy Jr. (2020–2021)




See also


Courts of South Carolina
List of current United States district" target="_blank">district judges
List of United States federal courthouses in South Carolina




References






External links


United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina Official Website
United States Attorney for the district" target="_blank">District of South Carolina Official Website

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