From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

United States federal district court in West Virginia

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
abbreviation	N.D. W. Va.
seal	USDCNDWV.png
seal_size	150
map_image_width	150
location	Martinsburg
courthouse1	Federal Building and United States Courthouse
location1	Wheeling
location2	Elkins
location3	Clarksburg
appeals_to	Fourth Circuit
established	January 22, 1901
judges_assigned	3
chief	Tom Kleeh
us_attorney	Matthew L. Harvey
us_marshal	Terry Moore (acting)
official_site

The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia (in case citations, N.D. W. Va.) is a federal court in the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The District was established on June 22, 1901.

the United States attorney is Matthew L. Harvey.

Organization of the court

The Northern District embraces the counties colored green on this map.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia is one of two federal judicial districts in West Virginia. Court for the Northern District is held at Clarksburg, Elkins, Martinsburg, and Wheeling.

Clarksburg Division comprises the following counties: Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Pleasants, Preston, Ritchie, and Taylor.

Elkins Division comprises the following counties: Barbour, Grant, Hardy, Lewis, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Tucker, Upshur, and Webster.

Martinsburg Division comprises the following counties: Berkeley, Hampshire, Jefferson, Mineral, and Morgan.

Wheeling Division comprises the following counties: Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, and Wetzel.

Current judges

: Elkins

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

References

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/matthew-l-harvey-takes-oath-united-states-attorney-northern-district-west-virginia
https://www.fjc.gov/history/courts/u.s.-district-courts-districts-west-virginia-legislative-history U.S. District Courts of West Virginia, Legislative history, ''[[Federal Judicial Center]]''
{{USCode. 28. 129

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

united-states-district-courts west-virginia-law clarksburg,-west-virginia martinsburg,-west-virginia wheeling,-west-virginia 1901-establishments-in-west-virginia courthouses-in-west-virginia courts-and-tribunals-established-in-1901

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report