United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

	Northern District of Oklahoma
	Tenth Circuit
	;
	Active judges
	Dowdell • Frizzell • Payne
	Senior Judges
	Ellison • Kern
	Magistrate Judges
	McCarthy • Cleary • Wilson
	Former Judges

	Northern District of Oklahoma
	Tenth Circuit
	;
	Active judges
	Dowdell • Frizzell • Payne
	Senior Judges
	Ellison • Kern
	Magistrate Judges
	McCarthy • Cleary • Wilson
	Former Judges

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1 Court
1.1 Vacancy warning level
1.2 Jurisdiction
1.2.1 Cases heard
1.2.2 Case load
1.3 Clerk's office
1.4 History
1.4.1 Court history
1.4.2 Judicial posts
1.4.3 Notable decisions
1.4.4 Federal courthouse
1.5 Major news
1.6 See also
1.7 External links
1.8 References
2 Judges

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma is a United States district court.

Vacancy warning level

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma's vacancy warning level is currently set at green. The court currently has no vacancies.

Jurisdiction

The Counties of the Northern District of Oklahoma (click for larger map)

The jurisdiction of the Northern District of Oklahoma consists of all the counties in the northern part of the state of Oklahoma.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Denver at the Byron White Federal Courthouse.

Cases heard

The Northern District of Oklahoma has original jurisdiction over cases filed within its jurisdiction. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.

Case load

Federal Court Case Load Statistics^*

Year	Starting case load:	Cases filed:	Total cases:	Cases terminated:	Remaining cases:	Median time(Criminal)^**:	Median time(Civil)^**:	3 Year Civil cases^#:	Vacant posts:^##	Trials/Post
2010	992	1048	2040	1070	970	6.6	10.8	40(4.5%)	8.8	24
2009	936	1093	2029	1085	944	7.3	9.6	41(4.6%)	0	22
2008	903	1052	1955	1043	912	6.3	8.9	50(6.3%)	0	26
2007	982	1011	1993	1108	885	6.8	10.4	74(9.7%)	4	27
2006	1144	968	2112	1147	965	7.6	11.5	99(11.8%)	12	22

^*All statistics are taken from the Official Federal Courts' Website and reflect the calendar year through September. ^**Time in months from filing to completion.
^#This statistic includes cases which have been appealed in higher courts. ^##This is the total number of months that any all judicial posts had spent vacant that year.

Clerk's office

The Northern District of Oklahoma has only one courthouse. Phil Lombardi is the official clerk of court. Clerks' offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30am - 4:30pm, excluding federal holidays. The contact information for the court is below:

Phil Lomabardi, Court Clerk
333 W. 4th St., Room 411
Tulsa, OK 74103

(918) 699-4700 Main Clerk's Number
(918) 699-4844 CM/ECF Help Desk
(918) 699-4711 Jury Administrator^[1]

History

Court history

Federal courts in Oklahoma were established by Congress on June 16, 1906 with one post each for the Western and the Eastern districts. The Northern District of Oklahoma was established on February 16, 1925 with a one post separated from the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Over time 3 additional judicial posts were added for a total of 4 current posts.^[2]

Judicial posts

The following table highlights the development of judicial posts for the Northern District of Oklahoma:

Year	Statute	Total Seats
February 16, 1925	43 Stat. 945	1
February 16, 1925	43 Stat. 945	1
June 22, 1936	49 Stat. 1804	2(1 Shared for 3 Districts)
May 19, 1961	75 Stat. 80	3(2 Shared for 3 Districts)
October 20, 1978	92 Stat. 1629	4(2 Shared for 3 Districts)
December 1, 1990	104 Stat. 5089	4(1 Shared for 3 Districts)

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Notable cases

For a searchable list of opinions, please see Opinions for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Federal courthouse

Major news

For new stories and other related material see Oklahoma judicial news.

External links

References

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Contents

1 Court
2 Judges
2.1 Active Judges
2.1.1 Article III judges
2.1.2 Pending appointments
2.1.3 Senior judges
2.2 Past judges
2.2.1 Former Chief judges
2.2.2 Former judges

Active judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has 4 posts and 0 vacancies. The current Chief Judge is Gregory Frizzell. This is a list of the current judges on the court:

Judge	Born	Home	Appointed by	Active	Chief	Preceeded	Bachelors	Law
Chief judge James Payne	1941	Lubbock, TX	W. Bush	10/24/2001 - Present	2002 - Present (EOK)	Billy Burrage	U. of Oklahoma, B.S., 1963	U. of Oklahoma Law, J.D., 1966
Judge Claire Eagan	1950	Bronx, NY	W. Bush	10/24/2001 - Present	2005 - Present	Thomas R. Brett	Trinity College, B.A., 1972	Fordham Law, J.D., 1976
Chief Judge Gregory Frizzell	1956	Wichita, KS	W. Bush	2/2/2007 - Present	3/14/2012 - Present	Sven Holmes	U. of Tulsa, B.A., 1981	U. of Michigan Law, J.D., 1984
Judge John Dowdell			Obama	12/11/2012-Current		Terence Kern	Wake Forest U., B.A., 1978	U. of Tulsa Law, J.D., 1981

Pending appointments

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has 0 appointees pending and 0 vacancies. This is a list of the current pending appointees to the court:

Judge	Confirmation	Bachelors	Law
John Dowdell		Wake Forest U., B.A., 1978	U. of Tulsa Law, J.D., 1981

Senior judges

See: Federal judges on senior status
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma has 2 judges on senior status currently. This is a list of the current senior judges on the court:

Judge	Appointed by	Active	Chief	Senior	Bachelors	Law
Senior judge Terence Kern	Clinton	6/9/1994 - 1/4/2010	1996 - 2003	1/4/2010 - Present	Oklahoma State University, 1966	University of Oklahoma Law School, 1969
Senior judge James Ellison	Carter	11/2/1979 - 11/7/1994	1992 - 1994	11/7/1994 - Present	U. of Oklahoma, 1951	U. of Oklahoma Law, 1951

Magistrate judges

Judge	Active	Bachelors	Law
Magistrate Judge Frank McCarthy
Magistrate Judge Paul Cleary	7/2002 - Present	Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1971	University of Tulsa College of Law, 1981
Magistrate Judge Lane Wilson	01/02/2009 - Present

Past judges

Former Chief judges

Judge	Term
Royce Savage	1949 - 1961
Sven Holmes	2003 - 2005
Thomas Brett	1994 - 1996
Allen Barrow	1962 - 1979
Harold Cook	1979 - 1992
James Ellison	1992 - 1994
Terence Kern	1996 - 2003

In order to qualify for the office of Chief Judge in one of the federal courts, 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 in the office of Chief Judge 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. Unlike the Chief Justice of the United States, a Chief Judge returns to active service after the expiration of his or her term and does not create a vacancy on the bench by the fact of his or her promotion. See 28 U.S.C. § 45.

These rules for Chief Judges in the federal judiciary have been in effect since October 1, 1982. The office of Chief Judge was created in 1948. Until August 6, 1959, the position was filled in each federal court by 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. From then until 1982 it was filled by the senior such judge who had not turned 70.