United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

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The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina is the federal 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.

The United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Walt Wilkins.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Richmond, VA at the Lewis F. Powell Federal Courthouse.

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Chief Judge David Norton Charleston Joseph Anderson Columbia Cameron Currie Columbia Patrick Duffy Charleston Henry Floyd Spartanburg

Robert Harwell Florence Margaret Seymour Columbia Terry Wooten Florence Vacancy (J. Michelle Childs nominee) Vacancy (Richard Mark Gergel nominee)

• Nominated by Jimmy Carter: George Anderson
• Nominated by Ronald Reagan: Joseph Anderson
• Nominated by George H.W. Bush: David Norton
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Cameron Currie, Patrick Duffy, Margaret Seymour
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Henry Floyd, Robert Harwell, Terry Wooten

Senior judges

George Anderson Anderson Henry Herlong Greenville Solomon Blatt

Charles Weston Houck Matthew Perry

Magistrate judges

Robert Buchanan Robert Carr William Catoe Paige Jones Gossett Bruce Hendricks

Bristol Marchant Joseph McCrorey Thomas Rogers Skipworth Swearingen

External links

• United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Official Website
• United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina Official Website
• Opinions of the District of South Carolina
• District Judges of the District of South Carolina
• Magistrate Judges of the District of South Carolina

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Active judges	Norton • J. Anderson • Currie • Duffy • Floyd • Harwell • Seymour • Wooten • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	G. Anderson • Blatt • Herlong • Houck • Perry
Magistrate judges	Buchanan • Carr • Catoe • Gossett • Hendricks • Marchant • McCrorey • Rogers • Swearingen
Former judges	Bee • Brawley • Bryan • Chapman • J. Drayton • W. Drayton • Gilchrist • Hamilton • Hawkins • Hemphill • Henderson • Lee • Magrath • Martin • Russell • Shedd • Simons • Simonton • Smith • Traxler • Wilkins • Wyche