United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is the United States district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties in Northern Illinois, divided into two divisions:

The eastern division includes: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, and Will counties. It has jurisdiction over Chicago and its suburbs and the city of Rockford. Its courts are held in Chicago at the Everett M. Dirksen Federal Building.

The western division includes: Boone, Carroll, De Kalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, McHenry, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago. Its courts are held in Rockford at the US Courthouse located in Rockford.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals located in the same courthouse the Northern District of Illinois is located in Downtown Chicago

Jurisdictional Map

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

The Chief Judge of the court is James Holderman.

Wayne Andersen Chicago Ruben Castillo Chicago Sharon Coleman John Darrah Chicago Robert Dow Samuel Der-Yeghiayan Chicago Gary Feinerman Joan Gottschall Chicago Ronald Guzman Chicago

William Hibbler Chicago Frederick Kapala Rockford Virginia Kendall Chicago Matthew Kennelly Chicago Joan Lefkow Chicago Charles Norgle Chicago

Rebecca Pallmeyer Chicago Amy St. Eve Chicago James Zagel Chicago Vacancy (Edmond E. Chang nominee) Vacancy Vacancy

• Nominated by Ronald Reagan: James Holderman, Charles Norgle, James Zagel
• Nominated by George H.W. Bush: Wayne Andersen
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Ruben Castillo, John Darrah, Joan Gottschall, Ronald Guzman, William Hibbler, Matthew Kennelly, Joan Lefkow, Blanche Manning, Rebecca Pallmeyer
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Samuel Der-Yeghiayan, Frederick Kapala, Virginia Kendall, Amy St. Eve
• Nominated by Barack Obama: Gary Feinerman, Sharon Coleman

Senior judges

Marvin Aspen Elaine Bucklo David Coar Suzanne Conlon Brian Duff Robert Gettleman John Grady William Hart

Charles Kocoras Harry Leinenweber George Lindberg Blanche Manning George Marovich John Nordberg Philip Reinhard Milton Shadur

Magistrate judges

The presiding Magistrate Judge is Sidney Schenkier.

Martin Ashman Chicago Geraldine Soat Brown Chicago Jeffrey Cole Chicago Susan Cox Chicago Morton Denlow Chicago

Arlander Keys Chicago P. Michael Mahoney Rockford Michael Mason Chicago Nan Nolan Chicago Maria Valdez Chicago

External links

• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Official Website
• Opinions of the Northern District of Illinois
• Office of Special Counsel, Northern District of Illinois
• Judges of the Northern District of Illinois

References

Portions of this article have been copied from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Active judges	Holderman • Andersen • Castillo • Darrah • Der-Yeghiayan • Dow • Feinerman • Gottschall • Guzman • Hibbler • Kapala • Kendall • Kennelly • Lefkow • Norgle • Pallmeyer • St. Eve • Zagel • Vacancy • Vacancy • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Aspen • Bucklo • Coar • Conlon • Duff • Gettleman • Grady • Hart • Kocoras • Leinenweber • Lindberg • Manning • Marovich • Nordberg • Reinhard • Shadur
Magistrate judges	Schenkier • Ashman • Brown • Cole • Cox • Denlow • Keys • Mahoney • Mason • Nolan • Valdez
Former judges	Alesia • Austin • Barnes • Bauer • Bethea • Blodgett • Bua • Campbell • Carpenter • Cliffe • Crowley • Decker • Dow • Drummond • Duff • Filip • Flaum • Getzendanner • Grosscup • Hoffman • Holly • Igoe • Johnson • Kirkland • Knoch • Kohlsaat • LaBuy • Landis • Leighton • Lynch • Marovitz • Marshall • McGarr • McLaren • McMillen • Miner • Moran • Napoli • Parsons • Perry • Plunkett • Robson • Roszkowski • Rovner • Shadur • Shaw • Sullivan • Tone • Wilkerson • Will • Williams • Woodward