United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

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The U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Missouri is a United States district court. It encompass 50 counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The Court is based in Saint Louis but is divided into three divisions: Eastern in Saint Louis, Northern in Hannibal, and Southeastern in Cape Girardeau. The Hannibal office is unstaffed unless court is being held there. The St. Louis Clerk's Office is located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri in the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown St. Louis at the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse and Building.

Notable Cases

USA V. A.D. Leon

On Friday, April 9, 2009 a judge in the Eastern District of Missouri will preside over the detention hearing of Adam Dylan Leon. This case is known nationally as Leon, a student studying aviation in Canada, stole a plane from his flight school and entered into the United States. ^[1] Leon flew erratically across three states before landing the plane on a rural highway near Ellsinore, Mo. When Leon flew through Madison, it resulted in the Wisconsin State Capitol being evacuated even though the plane was being followed by National Guard fighter jets. ^[2]

The state trooper who arrested him has said Leon hoped to be shot down because he wanted to commit suicide and didn't have the courage to do it himself. ^[2]

Areas of Jursdiction

Eastern Division-St. Louis, 9. Crawford County 10. Dent County 12. Franklin County 14. Iron County 15. Jefferson County 18. Lincoln County 22. Maires County 30. Phelps County 41. St. Charles County 43. St. Francois 44. Ste. Genevieve County 45. St. Louis County 46. City of St. Louis 48. Warren County 49. Washington County

Southeast Division-Cape Giradeau, 3. Bollinger County 4. Butler County 5. Cape Giradeau County 6. Dunklin County 21.Madison County 24.Mississippi County 27.New Madrid County 28.Pemiscot County 29.Perry County 34.Reynolds County 35.Ripley County 38.Scott County 39.Shannon County 47.Stoddard County 50.Wayne County

Northern Division-Hannibal 1.Adiar County 2.Audrain County 7.Chariton County 8.Clark County 16.Knox County 17.Lewis County 19.Linn County 20.Macon County 23.Marion County 25.Monroe County 26.Montgomery County 32.Randolph County 33.Ralls County 36.Schuyler County 37.Shelby County 40.Shelby County

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

The Chief Judge of the court is Carol Jackson.

Henry Autrey Jean Hamilton Nanette Laughrey Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.

Catherine Perry Charles Shaw Rodney Sippel Vacancy

• Nominated by George H.W. Bush: Carol Jackson, Jean Hamilton
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Nanette Laughrey, Catherine Perry, Charles Shaw, Rodney Sippel
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Henry Autrey, Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr.

Senior Judges

• Edward Filippine
• Donald Stohr
• E. Richard Webber

Magistrate judges

Terry Adelman David Noce Frederick Buckles Lewis Blanton

Mary Ann Medler Thomas Mummert III Audrey Fleissig

External links

• Eastern District website
• Opinons of the Eastern District of Missouri
• Official Website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Active judges	Chief judge: Jackson • Autrey • Hamilton • Laughrey • Limbaugh • Perry • Shaw • Sippel • Vacancy
Senior judges	Filippine • Stohr • Webber
Magistrate judges	Adelman • Noce • Buckles • Blanton • Medler • Mummert • Fleissig
Former judges	Adams • Cahill • Collet • Collinson • Davis • Duncan • Dyer • Faris • Finkelnburg • Gunn • Harper • Hulen • Hungate • Limbaugh • Meredith • Moore • Nangle • Priest • Regan • Stevens • Thayer • Treat • Wangelin • Weber • Webster

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