United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
(E.D. Cal.)
Appeals to Ninth Circuit
Established March 18, 1966
Judges assigned 6
Chief judge Anthony W. Ishii
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is composed of six divisions.

The Bakersfield division has jurisdiction over certain cases in Inyo and Kern counties and on federal lands and National Parks. These cases are heard in courthouses in Bakersfield, Edwards Air Force Base, and Independence.

The Fresno division covers Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne counties.

The Redding/Susanville office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for federal lands and National Parks in four locations: Alturas, Chester, Herlong, and Redding.

The Sacramento division covers: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba counties.

The South Lake Tahoe office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for federal lands and National Parks.

The Yosemite office hears misdemeanors and petty crimes for Yosemite National Park.

Cases from the Eastern District of California are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

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History

California was admitted as a state on September 9, 1850, and was initially divided into two districts, the Northern and the Southern, by Act of Congress approved September 28, 1850, 9 Stat. 521.[1] The boundary line was at the 37th parallel of North Latitude.[2] The Southern District of California was abolished and the State made to constitute a single district - the United States District Court for the District of California - by Act of Congress approved July 27, 1866, 14 Stat. 300.[1][2] Twenty years later, on August 5, 1886, Congress re-created the Southern District of California by 24 Stat. 308,[2] but it was not until March 18, 1966, that the Eastern and Central Districts were created from portions of the Northern and Southern Districts by 80 Stat. 75.[1]

Current judges

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
15 Chief Judge Anthony W. Ishii Fresno 1946 1997–present 2008–present — Clinton
14 District Judge Garland Ellis Burrell Jr. Sacramento 1947 1992–present 2007–2008 — G.H.W. Bush
17 District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. Sacramento 1954 2002–present — — G.W. Bush
18 District Judge Lawrence Joseph O'Neill Fresno 1952 2007–present — — G.W. Bush
19 District Judge John A. Mendez Sacramento 1955 2008–present — — G.W. Bush
20 District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller Sacramento 1957 2010–present — — Obama
5 Senior District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton Sacramento 1935 1979–2000 1983–1990 2000–present Carter
9 Senior District Judge Robert Everett Coyle Fresno 1930 1982–1996 1990–1996 1996–present Reagan
10 Senior District Judge Edward J. Garcia Sacramento 1928 1984–1996 (none) 1996–present Reagan
12 Senior District Judge William B. Shubb Sacramento 1938 1990–2004 1996–2003 2004–present G.H.W. Bush
16 Senior District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. Sacramento 1938 1997–2008 (none) 2008–present Clinton

Former judges

# Judge State Born/Died Active service Term as Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 Myron Donovan Crocker CA 1914–2010 1966[3]–1981 1966–1967 1981–2010 Eisenhower death
2 Halbert, SherrillSherrill Halbert CA 1901–1991 1966[4]–1969 (none) 1969–1991 Eisenhower, Eisenhower death
3 MacBride, Thomas JamisonThomas Jamison MacBride CA 1914–2000 1966[5]–1979 1967–1979 1979–2000 Kennedy, Kennedy death
4 Wilkins, Philip CharlesPhilip Charles Wilkins CA 1913–1998 1969–1983 1979–1983 1983–1998 Nixon, Nixon death
6 Schwartz, Milton LewisMilton Lewis Schwartz CA 1920–2005 1979–1990 (none) 1990–2005 Carter, Carter death
7 Price, Edward DeanEdward Dean Price CA 1919–1997 1979–1989 (none) 1989–1997 Carter, Carter death
8 Ramirez, Raul AnthonyRaul Anthony Ramirez CA 1944–present 1980–1989 (none) (none) Carter, Carter resignation
11 Levi, David F.David F. Levi CA 1952–present 1990–2007 2003–2007 (none) Bush, G.H.W.G.H.W. Bush resignation
13 Wanger, Oliver WinstonOliver Winston Wanger CA 1940-present 1991–2006 (none) 2006–2011 G.H.W. Bush retirement

US Attorney

The current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California is Benjamin B. Wagner, who was appointed by the Obama administration.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c U.S. District Courts of California, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ a b c Willoughby Rodman, History of the Bench and Bar of Southern California (1909), p. 46.
  3. ^ Initially appointed to the Southern District of California in 1959 by Dwight D. Eisenhower; reassigned to the Eastern District of California in 1966.
  4. ^ Initially appointed to the Northern District of California in 1954 by Dwight D. Eisenhower; reassigned to the Eastern District of California in 1966.
  5. ^ Initially appointed to the Northern District of California in 1961 by John F. Kennedy; reassigned to the Eastern District of California in 1966.

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