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United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

United States federal district court in Indiana

Summary

United States federal district court in Indiana

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
abbreviation	N.D. Ind.
seal	Products-US-Northern-District-Court-of-Indiana-Seal.jpg
map_image_name	United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana Map.svg
map_image_width	200
map_image_caption	Map of the district's jurisdiction by county, showing the four divisions.
courthouse	Robert A. Grant Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
location	South Bend
courthouse1	E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
location1	Fort Wayne
location2	Hammond
location3	Lafayette
appeals_to	Seventh Circuit
established	April 21, 1928
judges_assigned	5
chief	Holly A. Brady
us_attorney	Adam Mildred
us_marshal	Todd L. Nukes
official_site

The E. Ross Adair Federal Building, seat of the Fort Wayne division of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (in case citations, N.D. Ind.) was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. As part of the act, the Northern District was divided into three divisions, South Bend, Fort Wayne, and Hammond (which has a sub-office in Lafayette). Appeals from this court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The court has eight judges and four magistrate judges. As of December 2025, the United States attorney is Adam Mildred.

History

The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by . The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by . Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.

Divisions of the Northern District

Fort Wayne: Adams County, Allen County, Blackford County, DeKalb County, Grant County, Huntington County, Jay County, LaGrange County, Noble County, Steuben County, Wells County, and Whitley County.
Hammond: Lake County and Porter County.
Lafayette: Benton County, Carroll County, Jasper County, Newton County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County and White County.
South Bend: Cass County, Elkhart County, Fulton County, Kosciusko County, LaPorte County, Marshall County, Miami County, Pulaski County, St. Joseph County, Starke County and Wabash County.

Current judges

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

List of U.S. attorneys since 1928

Oliver Mullins Loomis 1928–1933
James R. Fleming 1933–1941
Alexander M. Campbell 1941–1949
Gilmore Haynie 1949–1953
Joseph H. Lesh 1953–1954
Phil M. McNagny Jr. 1954–1958
Kenneth C. Raub 1959–1962
Philip C. Potts 1962
Alfred Moellering 1962–1970
William C. Lee 1970–1973
John R. Wilks 1973–1977
David T. Ready 1977–1981
R. Lawrence Steel Jr. 1981–1985
James G. Richmond 1985–1991
John F. Hoehner 1991–1993
Jon DeGuilio 1993–1999
Joseph S. Van Bokkelen 2001–2007
David A. Capp 2007–2017
Thomas Kirsch 2017–2020
Clifford D. Johnson 2021–2025
Tina L. Nommay (acting) 2025
Adam Mildred 2025–Present

References

Asbury Dickens, ''A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America'' (1852), p. 392.
[http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_in.html U.S. District Courts of Indiana, Legislative history], ''[[Federal Judicial Center]]''.
"The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Attorneys in Indiana".

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