United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

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The Seal of the Eastern District of Tennessee

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee is the United States district court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers all of East Tennessee and a portion of Middle Tennessee. The court comprises 4 divisions. Based in Knoxville, it maintains branch facilities in Chattanooga; Greenville; and Winchester.

  • The Southern Division, based in Chattanooga, serves Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie counties.
  • The Northeastern Division, based in Greenville, serves Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington
  • The Northern Division, based in Knoxville, serves Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties.
  • The Winchester Division serves Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, Warren and Van Buren counties.

Jurisdictional Map

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

The court was established by the Judiciary Act of 1801 ("Midnight Judges" Act) wherein Congress created a new Sixth Circuit with two districts in the Tennessee. Since 1797, the state had been organized by Congress into one judicial district with one judge, John McNairy.

Tennessee -- along with Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan -- is located within the area covered by United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Cincinnati at the Potter A. Stewart Federal Courthouse and Building.

Judges

Since the court was established, 23 Article III judges have served on it.[1]

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Senior judges

Magistrate judges

External links

References

  1. ↑ List of all Article III judges of the Eastern District of Tennessee
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Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Active judges

Collier • Greer • Mattice • Phillips • Varlan

Senior judges

Edgar • Jordan

Magistrate judges

Carter • Inman • Guyton • Lee • Shirley

Former judges

Brown • Clark • Darr • Hicks • Hull • Humphreys • Jarvis • Key • McNairy • Milburn • Neese • Sanford • G. Taylor • R. Taylor • Trigg • Wilson

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