United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is a United States district court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania. The court was created in 1901 by subdividing the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The court is under the jurisdiction of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.

Because Harrisburg, the state capital, is located within the district's jurisidiction, most suits against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are filed in the Middle District. Similarly, because York County Prison served as the largest Immigration and Naturalization Service facility in the Northeast, the Middle District also adjudicated a large number of immigration cases. The courts of appeal are now responsible for most judicial review of immigration decisions, bypassing the Middle District and other district courts.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Philadelphia at the James Byrne Courthouse.

Courthouses

Within the Middle District, federal courthouses are located in:

• Harrisburg -Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse.
• Scranton - William J. Nealon Federal Building and Courthouse.
• Williamsport - Herman T. Schneebeli Federal Building and Courthouse
• Wilkes-Barre - Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse

Counties of Jurisdiction

The Court's jurisdiction includes the following counties:

Adams County Bradford County Cameron County Carbon County Centre County Clinton County Columbia County Cumberland County Dauphin County Franklin County Fulton County

Huntingdon County Juniata County Lackawanna County Lebanon County Luzerne County Lycoming County Mifflin County Monroe County Montour County Northumberland County Perry County

Pike County Potter County Schuylkill County Snyder County, Sullivan County Susquehanna County Tioga County Union County Wayne County Wyoming County York County.

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Chief Judge Yvette Kane Harrisburg Christopher Conner Harrisburg John E. Jones Willamsport

Thomas Vanaskie Scranton Vacancy Vacancy

• Nominated by Ronald Reagan: William Caldwell
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Yvette Kane, Thomas Vanaskie
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Christopher Conner, John E. Jones

Senior judges

William Caldwell Harrisburg Richard Caputo Wilkes-Barre Richard Conaboy Scranton Edwin Kosik Scranton James McClure Willamsport

James Munley Scranton William Nealon Scranton Malcolm Muir Willamsport Sylvia Rambo Harrisburg

Magistrate judges

• Chief Magistrate Judge Thomas Blewitt
• William Arbuckle Willamsport
• Malchy Mannen Wilkes-Barre
• J. Andrew Smyser Harrisburg

External links

• Official website
• Opinions of the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Judges of the Middle District of Pennsylvania

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief judge: Kane • Conner • Jones • Vanaskie • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Caldwell • Caputo • Conaboy • Kosik • McClure • Muir • Munley • Nealon • Rambo
Magistrate judges	Chief judge: Blewitt • Arbuckle • Mannion • Smyser
Former judges	Archbald • Follmer • Herman • Johnson • Murphy • Sheridan • Watson • Witmer •