United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is a United States district court. It serves the residents of forty-six counties. These are divided up into four divisions.
The Atlanta division includes: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale counties.
The Gainesville division serves: Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White counties.
The Newnan division hears cases for: Carroll, Coweta, Fayette, Haralson, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, and Troup counties.
The Rome division serves: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield counties.
The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is David E. Nahmias.
When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown Atlanta at the Elbert P. Tuttle Federal Courthouse.
Judges
Article III judges
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- Nominated by Jimmy Carter: Orinda Evans, Harold Murphy
- Nominated by Ronald Reagan: Jack Camp
- Nominated by George H.W. Bush: Julie Carnes
- Nominated by Bill Clinton: Beverly Martin, Charles Pannell, Richard Story, Thomas Thrash
- Nominated by George W. Bush: Tim Batten, William Duffey
Senior judges
Magistrate judges
External links
- Home of Northern District of Georgia
- District Judges of the Northern District of Georgia
- US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia
- Magistrate Judges of the Northern District of Georgia
- Opinions of the Northern District of Georgia
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Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia |
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| Active judges |
Carnes • Batten • Duffey • Murphy • Pannell • Story • Thrash • Vacancy • Vacancy • Vacancy • Vacancy |
| Senior judges |
Camp • Cooper • Evans • Forrester • Hunt • Moye • O'Kelley • Shoob • Tidwell • Vining • Ward |
| Magistrate judges |
Brill • Baverman • Cole • Hagy • Johnson • King • Scofield • Vineyard • Walker |
| Former judges |
Andrews • Edenfield • Erskine • Freeman • Hall • Henderson • Hill • Hooper • Hull • Martin • McCay • Morgan • Newman • Nicoll • Russell • Sibley • Sloan • Smith • Underwood |
