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      The United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee (in case citations, W.D. Tenn.) is the federal district" target="_blank">district court covering the western part of the state of Tennessee. Appeals from the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee are taken to 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).


      Jurisdiction


      The jurisdiction of the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee comprises the following counties: Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Perry, Shelby, Tipton, and Weakley.
      The court's jurisdiction includes the entirety of West Tennessee, plus Perry County in Middle Tennessee. This area includes the cities of Jackson and Memphis.
      The United States Attorney's Office for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of September 18, 2024 the Office of the United States attorney is vacant.


      History


      The United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee was established with one judgeship on January 31, 1797, by 1 Stat. 496. The judgeship was filled by President George Washington's appointment of John McNairy. Since Congress failed to assign the district" target="_blank">district to a circuit, the court had the jurisdiction of both a district" target="_blank">district court and a circuit court. Appeals from this one district" target="_blank">district court went directly to the United States Supreme Court.
      On February 13, 1801, in the famous "Midnight Judges" Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, Congress abolished the U.S. district" target="_blank">district court in Tennessee, and expanded the number of circuits to six, provided for independent circuit court judgeships, and abolished the necessity of Supreme Court Justices riding the circuits. It was this legislation which created the grandfather of the present Sixth Circuit. The act provided for a "Sixth Circuit" comprising two districts in the State of Tennessee, one district" target="_blank">district in the State of Kentucky and one district" target="_blank">district, called the Ohio district" target="_blank">District, composed of the Ohio and Indiana territories (the latter including the present State of Michigan). The new Sixth Circuit Court was to be held at "Bairdstown" in the district" target="_blank">District of Kentucky, at Knoxville in the district" target="_blank">District of East Tennessee, at Nashville in the district" target="_blank">District of West Tennessee, and at Cincinnati in the district" target="_blank">District of Ohio. Unlike the other circuits which were provided with three circuit judges, the Sixth Circuit was to have only one circuit judge with district" target="_blank">district judges from Kentucky and Tennessee comprising the rest of the court. Any two judges constituted a quorum. New circuit judgeships were to be created as district" target="_blank">district judgeships in Kentucky and Tennessee became vacant.
      The repeal of this Act restored the district" target="_blank">District on March 8, 1802, 2 Stat. 132. The district" target="_blank">District was divided into the Eastern and Western Districts on April 29, 1802. On February 24, 1807, Congress again abolished the two districts and created the United States Circuit for the district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee. On March 3, 1837, Congress assigned the judicial district" target="_blank">district of Tennessee to the Eighth Circuit. On June 18, 1839, by 5 Stat. 313, Congress divided Tennessee into three districts, Eastern, Middle, and Western. Again, only one judgeship was allotted for all three districts. On July 15, 1862, Congress reassigned appellate jurisdiction to the Sixth Circuit. Finally, on June 14, 1878, Congress authorized a separate judgeship for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee. President Rutherford B. Hayes then appointed Eli Shelby Hammond as the first judge for only the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee.
      There are now five permanent judgeships and four magistrate judgeships for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee.


      Current judges


      As of January 20, 2023:


      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




      Courthouses


      The U.S. district" target="_blank">District Court for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee is based out of two courthouses, the Odell Horton Federal Building on 167 North Main Street in downtown Memphis and the Ed Jones Federal Building in Jackson, Tennessee.


      List of U.S. attorneys


      Thomas Stuart 1803–1810
      John E. Beck 1810–1818
      Henry Crabb 1818–1827
      Thomas H. Fletcher 1827–1829
      James Collinsworth 1829–1835
      William T. Brown 1835–1836
      James P. Grundy 1836–1838
      Joseph H. Talbot 1838-1838
      Henry W. McCorry 1838–1850
      Charles N. Gibbs 1850–1853
      Richard J. Hays 1853–1856
      Alexander W. McCampbell 1856–1861
      John M. McCarmack 1861–1877
      W.W. Murray 1877–1882
      William F. Poston 1882–1885
      Henry W. McCorry 1885–1889
      Samuel W. Hawkins 1889–1894
      Julius A. Taylor 1894–1895
      Charles B. Simonton 1895–1898
      George Randolph 1898–1910
      Casey Todd 1910–1914
      Hubert F. Fisher 1914–1917
      William D. Kyser 1917–1921
      S.E. Murray 1921–1926
      Tilmon A. Lancaster 1926–1926
      Nugent Dodds 1926–1926
      Lindsay B. Phillips 1926–1931
      Nelson H. Carver 1931–1932
      Dwayne D. Maddox 1932–1933
      William McClanahan 1933–1948
      John Brown 1948–1953
      Milsaps Fitzhugh 1953–1960
      Warner Hodges 1960–1961
      Thomas L. Robinson 1961–1969
      Thomas F. Turley, Jr. 1969–1977
      W.J. Michael Cody 1977–1981
      Hickman Ewing 1981–1991
      Ed Bryant 1991–1993
      Daniel A. Clancy 1993
      Veronica F. Coleman 1993–2001
      Lawrence J. Laurenzi 2001-2001
      Terrell L. Harris 2001–2005
      Lawrence J. Laurenzi 2005–2006
      David Kustoff 2006–2008
      Lawrence J. Laurenzi 2008–2010
      Edward L. Stanton III 2010–2017
      Lawrence J. Laurenzi 2017
      D. Michael Dunavant 2017–2021
      Joseph C. Murphy Jr. 2021–2022
      Kevin G. Ritz 2022–2024
      Reagan T. Fondren 2024–present


      See also


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


      References




      External links


      United States district" target="_blank">District Court for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee official website
      United States Attorney for the Western district" target="_blank">District of Tennessee official website

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