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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

United States federal district court in Tennessee

Summary

United States federal district court in Tennessee

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
abbreviation	E.D. Tenn.
seal	Seal of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.gif
seal_size	150
map_image_name	EDTenn map.png
map_image_width	250
map_image_caption	The four divisions of the Eastern District of Tennessee, with courthouse locations
location	Knoxville
courthouse1	Joel W. Solomon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
location1	Chattanooga
location2	Greeneville
location3	Winchester
appeals_to	Sixth Circuit
established	April 29, 1802
judges_assigned	5
chief	Travis R. McDonough
us_attorney	Francis M. Hamilton III
us_marshal	David G. Jolley
official_site

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (in case citations, E.D. Tenn.) is the federal court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers most of East Tennessee and a portion of Middle Tennessee. The court has jurisdiction over 41 counties, which are divided among four divisions. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, it maintains branch facilities in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Greeneville, Tennessee; and Winchester, Tennessee.

The Southern Division, based in Chattanooga, serves Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie counties.
The Northeastern Division, based in Greeneville, serves Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington counties.
The Northern Division, based in Knoxville, serves Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties.
The Winchester Division serves Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, Warren and Van Buren counties.

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Since January 5, 2021, the United States attorney has been Francis M. Hamilton III, first as interim United States attorney appointed by United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, until appointed full United States attorney, on April 25, 2022, by the District Court itself, while still waiting for a Presidential appointee to be confirmed by the US Senate.

The court was established by the Judiciary Act of 1801 ("Midnight Judges" Act) wherein Congress created a new Sixth Circuit with two districts in Tennessee. Since 1797, the state had been organized by Congress into one judicial district with one judge, John McNairy.

Tennessee – along with Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan – is located within the area covered by United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and appeals are taken to that court (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

History

The United States District Court for the District of Tennessee was established with one judgeship on January 31, 1797, by 1 Stat. 496. The judgeship was filled by President George Washington's appointment of John McNairy. Since Congress failed to assign the district to a circuit, the court had the jurisdiction of both a district court and a circuit court. Appeals from this one district court went directly to the United States Supreme Court.

On February 13, 1801, in the famous "Midnight Judges" Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, Congress abolished the U.S. district court in Tennessee,

The repeal of this Act restored the District on March 8, 1802, 2 Stat. 132. Again, only one judgeship was allotted for all three districts. On July 15, 1862, Congress reassigned appellate jurisdiction to the Sixth Circuit. Finally, on June 14, 1878, Congress authorized a separate judgeship for the Western District of Tennessee, at which time President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed David M. Key as judge for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Tennessee. The first judge to serve only the Eastern District of Tennessee was Robert Love Taylor, appointed by Harry S. Truman.

Current judges

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat	Prior judge's duty station	Seat last held by	Vacancy reason	Date of vacancy	Nominee	Date of nomination
1	Knoxville	Thomas A. Varlan	Senior status	url=https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-vacancies/future-judicial-vacancies	title=Future Judicial Vacancies \| United States Courts	website=www.uscourts.gov}}

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

References

(January 5, 2021). "Interim United States Attorney Appointed For The Eastern District Of Tennessee". U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
(April 25, 2022). "Meet the U.S. Attorney". U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Asbury Dickens, ''A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America'' (1852), p. 391.
[http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_tn.html U.S. District Courts of Tennessee, Legislative history], ''[[Federal Judicial Center]]''.
and expanded the number of circuits to six, provided for independent circuit court judgeships, and abolished the necessity of Supreme Court Justices riding the circuits. It was this legislation which created the grandfather of the present Sixth Circuit. The act provided for a "Sixth Circuit" comprising two districts in the State of Tennessee, one district in the State of Kentucky and one district, called the Ohio District, composed of the Ohio and Indiana territories (the latter including the present State of Michigan). The new Sixth Circuit Court was to be held at "Bairdstown" in the District of Kentucky, at Knoxville in the District of East Tennessee, at Nashville in the District of West Tennessee, and at Cincinnati in the District of Ohio. Unlike the other circuits which were provided with three circuit judges, the Sixth Circuit was to have only one circuit judge with district judges from Kentucky and Tennessee comprising the rest of the court. Any two judges constituted a quorum. New circuit judgeships were to be created as district judgeships in Kentucky and Tennessee became vacant.The Honorable Harry Phillips, "[http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/lib_hist/Courts/circuit/earlyCir.html History of the Sixth Circuit] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-01-11 ".)
"Future Judicial Vacancies | United States Courts".

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