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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington

United States federal district court in Washington (U.S. state)

Summary

United States federal district court in Washington (U.S. state)

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
abbreviation	E.D. Wash.
seal	Seal of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington.png
map_image_name	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Map.svg
map_image_caption	Map of the court's jurisdiction by county
courthouse	Thomas S. Foley Courthouse
location	Spokane
courthouse1	William O. Douglas Federal Building
location1	Yakima
courthouse2	Federal Building
location2	Richland
appeals_to	Ninth Circuit
established	March 2, 1905
judges_assigned	4
chief	Stanley Bastian
us_attorney	Pete Serrano (special attorney)
us_marshal	Craig Thayer
official_site

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington (in case citations, E.D. Wash.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties of the state of Washington: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima.

As of the 2000 United States census, 1.3 million people resided in the Eastern District, representing 22% of the state's population. The district includes the cities of Richland, Spokane, and Yakima, among others. The Federal Court in Yakima is located in the William O. Douglas Federal Building.

Cases from the Eastern District of Washington 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.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Washington represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

Pete Serrano was appointed interim United States attorney on August 11, 2025. The interim term expired on December 11, at which point he continued in the same leadership role under a new title, First Assistant and Special Attorney to the Attorney General of the United States for the Eastern District of Washington.

Current judges

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Succession of seats

References

(2021-03-01). "Eastern District of Washington {{!}} Interim U.S. Attorney {{!}} United States Department of Justice".
Cornfield, Jerry. (2025-12-12). "Workaround will keep WA’s Pete Serrano in federal prosecutor job". Washington State Standard.

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