United States District Court for the District of Oregon

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District of Oregon Ninth Circuit Chief: Ann Aiken Judges: 5 Posts: 6 Vacancies: 1 Active judges Brown • Mosman • Hernandez • Simon Senior Judges Frye • Haggerty • Hogan • Jones • King • Marsh • Panner • Redden Magistrate Judges Acosta • Vacant • Clarke • Coffin • Hubel • Jelderks • Papak • Stewart • Sullivan Former Judges

Key: (Numbers indicate % of seats vacant.) 0% 0%-10% 10%-25% 25%-40% More than 40%

Contents
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 District of Oregon is the United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Oregon. It was created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union. Appellate jurisdiction belongs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Matthew Paul Deady served as its first judge.

The United States Attorney for the District of Oregon represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current U.S. Attorney is Karin J. Immergut.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown San Fransisco at the James R. Browing Federal Courthouse, but hears initial appeals at the Pioneer Federal Courthouse in Portland, OR.

Vacancy warning level

The United States District Court for the District of Oregon's vacancy warning level is currently set at yellow. The court currently has one vacancy out of their six posts, constituting 17% of their seats. There are no pending appointments for the district.

Jurisdiction

The Counties of Oregon (click for larger map)

The jurisdiction of the District of Oregon consists of all the counties in the state of Oregon. The court has four subdivisions within the state: Portland, Eugene, Medford, and Pendleton. Portland’s division holds court at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse and handles cases from Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Jefferson, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill counties. The Medford Division covers Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Lake counties and meets at the James A. Redden United States. The Pendleton court includes Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler and holds session at John F. Kilkenny United States Post Office and Courthouse. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown San Fransisco at the James R. Browing Federal Courthouse, but hears initial appeals at the Pioneer Federal Courthouse in Portland, OR.

Cases heard

The District of Oregon 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	2950	3312	6262	3087	3175	10.1	10.9	111(4.6%)	24.0	17
2009	3082	3089	6171	3099	3072	11.6	11.1	103(4.5%)	9.1	11
2008	3160	3278	6438	3332	3106	11.9	10.4	119(5.0%)	.0	16
2007	3032	3422	6454	3261	3193	11.5	10.1	91(3.6%)	.0	22
2006	3212	3319	6531	3434	3097	11.0	11.6	80(3.4%)	.0	20

*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 District of Oregon has six separate courthouses. Please consult the chart below for more information:

Branch	Address
Gus J. Solomon Courthouse	620 SW Main Street Portland, OR 97205-3037
James A. Redden Federal Courthouse	310 West Sixth Street, Suite 302 Medford, Oregon 97501-2710
John F. Kilkenny U.S. Courthouse & Post Office	104 Southwest Dorion Pendleton, Oregon 97801-2124
Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse	1000 Southwest Third Avenue, Suite 740 Portland, Oregon 97204-2930
Pioneer U.S. Courthouse	700 SW 6th Avenue Portland, OR 97204-1336
Wayne L. Morse U.S. Courthouse	405 East Eighth Avenue, Suite 2100 Eugene, Oregon 97401-2712

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History

Court history

The state of Oregon was organized as one judicial district by Congress with one judicial post on March 3, 1859. Since the district court of Oregon was not assigned to a judicial circuit, it was given the same jurisdiction as the U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which are the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

On March 3, 1863, the circuit court jurisdiction of the Oregon district court was repealed. The United States District Court for the District of Oregon was established and assigned to the Tenth Circuit. On July 23, 1866, the District of Oregon was assigned over to the Ninth Circuit.

Over time 5 additional judicial posts were added for a total of 6 current posts.^[3]

Judicial posts

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

Year	Statute	Total Seats
March 3, 1859	11 Stat. 437	1
March 2, 1909	35 Stat. 686	2
August 3, 1949	63 Stat. 493	3
October 20, 1978	92 Stat. 1629	5
December 1, 1990	104 Stat. 5089	6

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Notable decisions

For a searchable list of opinions, please see Rulings for the District of Oregon or Justia.com Dockets and Filings.

• AT&T Telecom Licenses Dispute  Judge(s):Owen Panner      *[ AT&T, TCI, et. al. v. City of Portland and Multnomah County] CV 99-65-PA

This is a federal suit brought by AT&T and TCI, a cable company which AT&T has acquired, for a declaratory judgment that the City of Portland and the County of Multnomah illegally refused to grant AT&T/TCI's request for change of control. At issue is whether local governments have authority to condition the transfer of cable licenses on opening access to Internet access providers. The outcome could have a major impact on the deployment of broadband Internet access to residential customers. AT&T lost in the District Court. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed. In a federal suit brought by AT&T and TCI, the plaintiffs alleged that the City of Portland and Multnomah County illegally refused to approve AT&T/TCI's application for change of control upon the acquisition of TCI by AT&T. The companies applied for the necessary license transfers for AT&T to be able to provide services in the area. The City of Portland and Multnomah County "decided to condition their approval of the applications on AT&T's agreement to provide open access to all ISPs to its cable network in Portland and Multnomah County." [4] AT&T refused, and the application was subsequently denied. "After Portland/Multnomah refused the transfer, AT&T, TCI, and TCI's local subsidiaries sued in federal district court in Oregon to compel the City and County to grant the license transfers, without a mandatory access provision. The plaintiffs moved for summary judgment, and the defendants filed a cross-motion for summary judgment."[4]

Federal courthouse

Six separate courthouses serve the District of Oregon.

Major news

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

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

External links

• United States District Court for the District of Oregon Official Website
• United States Attorney for the District of Oregon Official Website
• Opinions of the District of Oregon
• U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society

References

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District of Oregon Ninth Circuit Chief: Ann Aiken Judges: 5 Posts: 6 Vacancies: 1 Active judges Brown • Mosman • Hernandez • Simon Senior Judges Frye • Haggerty • Hogan • Jones • King • Marsh • Panner • Redden Magistrate Judges Acosta • Vacant • Clarke • Coffin • Hubel • Jelderks • Papak • Stewart • Sullivan Former Judges

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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 District of Oregon has 6 posts and 1 vacancy. The current Chief Judge is Ann Aiken. This is a list of the current judges on the court:

Judge	Born	Home	Appointed by	Active	Chief	Preceeded	Bachelors	Law
Chief Judge Ann Aiken	1951	Salem, OR	Clinton	2/4/1998 - Current	2009 - Current	James Redden	U. of Oregon, B.S., 1974	U. of Oregon Law School, J.D., 1979
Judge Anna Brown	1952	Portland, OR	Clinton	10/26/1999 - Current		Malcolm Marsh	Portland State U., B.S., 1975	Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law, J.D., 1980
Judge Michael Mosman	1956	Eugene, OR	W. Bush	9/26/2003 - Current		Robert E. Jones	Utah State U., B.S., 1981	Brigham Young U., J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D., 1984
Judge Marco A. Hernandez	1957	Arizona	Obama	2/9/2011 - Current		Garr King	Western Oregon State College, B.A., 1983	U. of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1986
Judge Michael H. Simon	1956	New York, NY	Obama	6/22/2011 - Current		Ancer Haggerty	U. of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 1978	Harvard Law School, J.D., 1981

See: Article III federal judge

Pending appointments

There are no current pending appointments for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

Senior judges

See: Federal judges on senior status
The United States District Court for the District of Oregon has 7 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 Ancer Haggerty	Clinton	3/28/1994 - 8/26/2009	2002 - 2009	8/26/2009 - Current	U. of Oregon, B.S., 1967	U. of California, Hastings College of Law, J.D., 1973
Senior Judge Garr King	Clinton	4/30/1998 - 1/30/2009		1/30/2009 - Current	U. of Utah	Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, LL.B., 1963
Senior Judge Michael Hogan	H.W. Bush	9/16/1991 - 9/24/2011	1995 - 2002	9/24/2011 - Current	U. of Oregon, B.A., 1968	Georgetown U. Law Center, J.D., 1971
Senior Judge Robert E. Jones	H.W. Bush	4/30/1990 - 5/1/2000		5/1/2000 - Current	U. of Hawaii, B.A., 1949	Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, LL.B., 1953
Senior Judge Owen Panner	Carter	2/20/1980 - 7/28/1992	1984 - 1990	7/28/1992 - Current		U. of Oklahoma, LL.B., 1949
Senior Judge James Redden	Carter	2/20/1980 - 3/13/1995	1990 - 1995	3/13/1995 - Current		Boston College Law School, LL.B., 1954
Senior Judge Malcolm Marsh	Reagan	3/24/1987 - 4/16/1998		4/16/1998 - Current	U. of Oregon, B.S., 1951	U. of Oregon Law School, LL.B., 1954

Magistrate judges

Judge	Active	Bachelors	Law
Magistrate Judge John Acosta	3/5/2008 - Current	San Diego State University B.A., 1979	U. of Oregon J.D., 1982
Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke	2/28/2007-Current	Southern Oregon University, B.S., 1980	University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1983
Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel	1/1/1998-Current	Cornell University, B.S., 1969	Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, J.D., 1976
Magistrate Judge John Jelderks	7/12/1991-Current	Willamette University, B.A	Willamette University College of Law, J.D.
Magistrate Judge Paul Papak	9/19/2005-Current	Princeton University, B.A., 1971	U. of Wisconsin, J.D., 1975
Magistrate Judge Janice Stewart	10/13/1993-Current	Stanford University A.B., 1972	U. of Chicago J.D., 1975
Magistrate Judge Patricia Sullivan	9/28/2005-Current	Loyola University-Chicago, B.A. Degree in History, 1973	U. of Georgia School of Law, J.D. 1978
Magistrate Judge Thomas Coffin	1992-Current		Harvard Law School, J.D., 1970

Past judges

Former Chief judges

Judge	Term
Gus Solomon	1958 - 1971
James Burns	1979 - 1984
Robert Belloni	1971 - 1976
Claude McColloch	1954 - 1958
Otto Skopil	1976 - 1979
James Redden	1990 - 1995
Owen Panner	1984 - 1990
Michael Hogan	1995 - 2002
Ancer Haggerty	2002 - 2009
James Alger Fee	1948 - 1954

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.

Former judges