United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas is a United States district court. The court convenes in Dallas with divisions in Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo and Wichita Falls. It has jurisdiction over 100 counties in the Northern and Central parts of the state of Texas.

The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Downtown New Orleans at the John Minor Wisdom Federal Courthouse.

Jursdictional Map

• Division 1-Abilene
• Division 2-Amarillo
• Division 3-Dallas
• Division 4-Fort Worth
• Division 5-Lubbock
• Division 6-San Angelo
• Division 7-Wichita Falls

Judges

Article III judges

See: Article III federal judge

Chief Judge Sidney Fitzwater Dallas Jane Boyle Dallas Sam Cummings Lubbock David Godbey Dallas Ed Kinkeade Dallas Sam Lindsay Dallas Barbara Lynn Dallas John McBryde Fort Worth Terry Means Fort Worth Reed O'Connor Dallas Mary Lou Robinson Amarillo Jorge Solis Dallas

• Nominated by Jimmy Carter: Mary Lou Robinson
• Nominated by Ronald Reagan: Sidney Fitzwater, Sam Cummings
• Nominated by George H.W. Bush: John McBryde, Terry Means, Jorge Solis
• Nominated by Bill Clinton: Sam Lindsay, Barbara Lynn
• Nominated by George W. Bush: Jane Boyle, David Godbey, James Kinkeade, Reed O'Connor

Senior judges

• Joe Fish Dallas
• Robert Maloney Dallas

Magistrate judges

• Clinton Averitte Amarillo
• Charles Bleil Fort Worth
• Jeff Kaplan Dallas
• Nancy Koenig Lubbock
• Philip Lane Abilene and San Angelo
• Irma Ramirez Dallas
• Kerry Roach Wichita Falls
• William Sanderson, Jr. Dallas
• Paul Stickney Dallas
• Vacancy (Renee Harris Toliver candidate ^[1])

External links

• United States District Court for the District of Northern Texas
• United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas
• Opinions of the Northern District of Texas
• Judges of the Northern District of Texas

References

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	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Active judges	Fitzwater • Boyle • Cummings • Godbey • Kinkeade • Lindsay • Lynn • Means • O'Connor • Robinson • Solis
Senior judges	Fish • Maloney
Magistrate judges	Sanderson • Averitte • Kaplan • Bleil • Stickney • Koenig • Ramirez • Lane • Roach
Former judges	Atwell • Belew • Brewster • Buchmeyer • Davidson • Dooley • Estes • Higginbotham • Hill • Hughes • Kendall • Mahon • McBryde • McCormick • Meek • Porter • Rector • Sanders • Taylor • Wilson • Woodward