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The United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Southern district" target="_blank">District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district" target="_blank">district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.
Appeals from cases brought in the Southern district" target="_blank">District of Florida are to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).




History


On the same day that Florida was admitted as a state, March 3, 1845, Congress enacted legislation creating the United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the district" target="_blank">District of Florida, 5 Stat. 788. On February 23, 1847, this district" target="_blank">District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts, by 9 Stat. 131. The statute effecting this division set forth the boundaries of the Districts:

[T]hat part of the State of Florida lying south of a line drawn due east and west from the northern point of Charlotte Harbor, including the islands, keys, reefs, shoals, harbors, bays and inlets, south of said line, shall be erected into a new judicial district" target="_blank">district, to be called the Southern district" target="_blank">District of Florida; a district" target="_blank">District Court shall be held in said Southern district" target="_blank">District, to consist of one judge, who shall reside at Key West, in said district" target="_blank">district...
On July 30, 1962, the Middle district" target="_blank">District was created from portions of these districts by 76 Stat. 247.
This federal district" target="_blank">district has the dubious distinction of having had more judges removed through impeachment than any other district" target="_blank">district, with a total of two, one fourth of all federal judges so removed.
Famous cases heard in the district" target="_blank">district include the prosecution of former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega, the Elián González case, notorious Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, a 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida case, the prosecution of José Padilla, and one of the federal prosecutions of Donald Trump.




Jurisdiction


The court's jurisdiction comprises the nine counties of Broward, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie. The district" target="_blank">district includes the South Florida metropolitan area of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach. It comprises 15,197 square miles (39,360 km2) and approximately 6.3 million people. Courthouses, corresponding to the five divisions of the district" target="_blank">district, are located in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Pierce, Key West, Miami, and West Palm Beach. The court's offices are located in Miami.




United States attorney and marshal



The United States attorney for the Southern district" target="_blank">District of Florida represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of January 9, 2023, the United States attorney is Markenzy Lapointe.
The United States Attorney's office has a staff of approximately 233 assistant United States attorneys and 227 support personnel. The main office is located in Miami, Florida, with three staffed branch offices located in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce and one unstaffed branch office located in Key West. There is also a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) office in West Miami-Dade and a Health Care Fraud Facility in Miramar.
On August 28, 2018, Gadyaces S. Serralta was confirmed by the United States Senate to be the United States marshal.




Organization of the court


The United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Southern district" target="_blank">District of Florida is one of three federal judicial districts in Florida. The district" target="_blank">District has five divisions:
Fort Pierce Division comprises the following counties: Highlands, Okeechobee, Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin.
West Palm Beach Division comprises Palm Beach County.
Fort Lauderdale Division comprises Broward County.
Miami Division comprises Miami-Dade County.
Key West Division comprises Monroe County.




Current judges


As of July 20, 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






United States attorneys


List of U.S. attorneys since 1828

William Allison McRea (1828–1829)
John G. Stower (1829–1830)
John K. Campbell (1830–1831)
Edward Chandler (1831–1834)
Adam Gordon (1834)
Wylie P. Clark (1834–1839)
Charles Walker (1839–1840)
L. Windsor Smith (1840–1842)
George W. McRae (1842–1847)
L. Windsor Smith (1847–1850)
William R. Hackley (1850–1858)
John L. Tatum (1858–1861)
Thomas J. Boynton (1861–1863)
Homer G. Plantz (1863–1869)
Claiborn R. Mobley (1869–1876)
John Tyler Jr. (1876–1877)
George B. Patterson (1877–1886)
Livingstone W. Bethel (1886–1890)
George B. Patterson (1890–1894)
Owen J. H. Summers (1894)
Frank Clark (1894–1897)
Joseph N. Stripling (1897–1902)
John Moses Cheney (1902–1912)
Richard P. Marks (1912–1913)
Herbert S. Phillips (1913–1921)
William M. Gober (1921–1929)
Wilburn P. Hughes (1929–1933)
John W. Holland (1933–1936)
Herbert S. Phillips (1936–1953)
James L. Guilmartin (1953–1959)
E. Coleman Madsen (1959–1961)
Edward G. Boardman (1961–1963)
William A. Meadows Jr. (1963–1969)
Robert W. Rust (1969–1977)
Vincent K. Antle (1977)
Jacob V. Eskenazi (1977–1980)
Atlee W. Wampler III (1980–1982)
Stanley Marcus (1982–1985)
Leon B. Kellner (1985–1988)
Dexter Lehtinen (1988–1992)
James McAdams (1992)
Roberto Martinez (1992–1993)
Kendall B. Coffey (1993–1996)
William Keefer (1996–1997)
Thomas Scott (1997–2000)
Guy A. Lewis (2000–2002)
Marcos Jiménez (2002–2005)
Alexander Acosta (2005–2009)
Jeffrey H. Sloman (2009–2010)
Wifredo A. Ferrer (2010–2017)
Benjamin G. Greenberg (2017–2018)
Ariana Fajardo Orshan (2018–2021)
Juan Antonio Gonzalez (2021–2023)
Markenzy Lapointe (2023–present)




See also


Courts of Florida
List of current United States district" target="_blank">district judges
List of United States federal courthouses in Florida
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Middle district" target="_blank">District of Florida
United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Northern district" target="_blank">District of Florida




References






External links


United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Southern district" target="_blank">District of Florida official website
Southern district" target="_blank">District of Florida Blog – By attorney David Markus

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