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United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

United States federal district court in Ohio

Summary

United States federal district court in Ohio

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
abbreviation	N.D. Ohio
seal	Ohio-northern.gif
seal_size	150
map_image_name	Map of United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.svg
map_image_width	150
courthouse	Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse
location	Cleveland
courthouse1	John F. Seiberling Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
location1	Akron
courthouse2	James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley U.S. Courthouse
location2	Toledo
location3	Youngstown
location4	Lima
appeals_to	Sixth Circuit
established	February 10, 1855
judges_assigned	11
chief	Sara Elizabeth Lioi
us_attorney	David Toepfer
us_marshal	Peter Elliott
official_site

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (in case citations, N.D. Ohio) is the federal trial court for the northern half of Ohio, encompassing most territories north of the city of Columbus. The court has courthouses in Cleveland, Toledo, Akron and Youngstown.

Appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth 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 of the Northern District of Ohio represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the United States attorney, the district’s chief prosecutor, is Rebecca C. Lutzko.

History

The United States District Court for the District of Ohio was established on February 19, 1803, by . The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on February 10, 1855, by .

Divisions

The Northern District comprises two divisions.

Eastern Division

The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas and Wayne.

Court for the Eastern Division can be held in Akron, Cleveland and Youngstown.

Western Division

The Western Division comprises the counties of Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Marion, Mercer, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot.

Court for the Western Division can be held in Toledo.

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
12	Cleveland	Patricia Anne Gaughan	Senior status	October 1, 2023

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

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_oh.html U.S. District Courts of Ohio, Legislative history], ''[[Federal Judicial Center]]''.

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