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United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States federal district court of New Jersey

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
abbreviation	D.N.J.
seal	Seal for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.png
seal_size	150
map_image_width	150
courthouse	Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse
location	Newark
courthouse1	Mitchell H. Cohen U.S. Courthouse
location1	Camden
courthouse2	Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
location2	Trenton
appeals_to	Third Circuit
established	September 24, 1789
judges_assigned	17
chief	Renée Marie Bumb
us_attorney	Vacant
us_marshal	Juan Mattos Jr.
official_site

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (in case citations, D.N.J.) is a federal court in the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The Judiciary Act of 1789 established New Jersey as a single District on September 24, 1789. On February 13, 1801 the Judiciary Act of 1801 reorganized the federal court system, resulting in the state being divided into Eastern and Western districts. The Judiciary Act of 1801 was repealed on March 8, 1802 and New Jersey was re-established as a single district court.

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the acting United States attorney for the District of New Jersey is Alina Habba.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey holds court at Mitchell H. Cohen Building & U.S. Courthouse in Camden, at Martin Luther King Building & U.S. Courthouse and Frank R. Lautenberg Post Office and Courthouse in Newark, and Clarkson S. Fisher Building & U.S. Courthouse in Trenton.

Camden Vicinage comprises Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties.
Newark Vicinage comprises Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Union counties, and the northern part of Middlesex County.
Trenton Vicinage comprises Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, and Warren counties, and the southern part of Middlesex County.

Current judges

Former judges

1802–1815Reassigned from the E.D.N.J. / W.D.N.J. Operation of law death

Chief judges

Succession of seats

List of U.S. attorneys

Main article: United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey

References

http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_nj.html U.S. District Courts New Jersey, Legislative history, ''[[Federal Judicial Center]]''
"28 U.S.C. § 110 - U.S. Code Title 28. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 110".
(8 October 2020). "District of New Jersey - Courthouse Locations".

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