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United States District Court for the District of Hawaii

United States federal court of the 9th circuit

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
abbreviation	D. Haw.
seal_size	150
map_image_name	Hawaii Locator Map.PNG
map_image_width	150
courthouse	Prince Kuhio Federal Building
location	Honolulu
appeals_to	Ninth Circuit
established	August 21, 1959
judges_assigned	4
chief	Derrick Watson
us_attorney	Ken Sorenson (acting)
us_marshal	Justin Mark Davis (acting)
official_site

The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (in case citations, D. Haw.) is the principal trial court of the United States Federal Court System in the state of Hawaii. The court's territorial jurisdiction encompasses the state of Hawaii and the territories of Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, and Jarvis Island; it also occasionally handles (jointly with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the High Court of American Samoa) federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court. It is located at the Prince Kuhio Federal Building in downtown Honolulu, fronting the Aloha Tower and Honolulu Harbor. The court hears both civil and criminal cases as a court of law and equity. A branch of the district court is the United States Bankruptcy Court which also has chambers in the federal building. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over cases coming out of the District of Hawaii (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii represents the United States in all civil and criminal cases within her district.

, the acting United States attorney is Ken Sorenson.

History

When the Territory of Hawaii was formed in 1900, jurisdiction was placed in the Ninth Circuit. On March 18, 1959, when the District of Hawaii was formed, the district had two judgeships for the court. On July 10, 1984, a third judgeship was added, and a fourth was added on December 1, 1990.

Current judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Judges of the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii

Prior to 1959, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii was an Article IV tribunal in the Territory of Hawaii. The following is a partial list of Judges for that court.

Succession of seats

"Recorder of Deeds" for the Territory of Palmyra Island

Since 1962, the court's clerk has filed or recorded the deeds and other land title documents for land located in the federal Territory of Palmyra Island, under , Executive Order No. 10967 and Order No. 2862 of the Secretary of the Interior.

U.S. Attorneys

Main article: United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii

Notes

References

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(January 3, 2022). "Clare E. Connors Sworn in as United States Attorney". U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Hawaii.
"History of the Federal Judiciary: U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii". Federal Judicial Center.
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(December 31, 2007). "Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai_i?, Page 84.". University of Hawaii Press }} {{cite web.
(August 1994). "Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Clemons, Charles Frederic October 9, 1871. The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist}} {{cite book". University of Hawaii Press }}.
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"HUBER, SEBA CORMANY, Index to the Honolulu Advertiser & Star Bulletin 1929–1969, 1871–1944 Honorary LLD conferred on judge by Lebanon Valley College, Pa S 6/8/36 p1, Dies at home S 8/16/44 p1}}".
(September 24, 1938). "Delbert E. Metzger, Hawai'i's Liberal Judge By H. BRETT MELENDY, The Hawaiian Journal of History, vol. 35 (2001), pg. 53 }} {{cite news". Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Executive Order No. 10967, ''Palmyra Island Administration'', October 10, 1961, 26 F.R. 9667.
Secretary of the Interior Order No. 2862, ''Palmyra Island Land Recordation'', March 19, 1962, F. R. Doc. 62-2736.

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