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United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

United States federal district court in West Virginia

Summary

United States federal district court in West Virginia

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
abbreviation	S.D. W. Va.
seal	SDWVseal.png
seal_size	150
map_image_width	150
location	Charleston
courthouse1	United States Post Office and Court House
location1	Huntington
location2	Beckley
location3	Bluefield
location4	Lewisburg
appeals_to	Fourth Circuit
established	January 22, 1901
judges_assigned	5
chief	Frank W. Volk
us_attorney	Moore Capito
us_marshal	Michael Baylous
official_site

The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (in case citations, S.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 for the District is Moore Capito.

Organization of the court

The Southern District spans the counties colored blue on this map.

The United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is one of two federal judicial districts in West Virginia. Court for the Southern District is held at Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, and Huntington.

Beckley Division comprises the following counties: Greenbrier, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming.

Bluefield Division comprises the following counties: Mercer, McDowell, and Monroe.

Charleston Division comprises the following counties: Boone, Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Nicholas, Roane, Wirt, and Wood.

Huntington Division comprises the following counties: Cabell, Mason, Putnam, and Wayne.

Current judges

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

References

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

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