United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
(E.D. Wis.)
Seal of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Appeals to Seventh Circuit
Established June 30, 1870
Judges assigned 5
Chief judge William C. Griesbach
Official site

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (in case citations, E.D. Wis.) is a federal trial court of limited jurisdiction. The court is under the auspices of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, although patent claims and claims against the federal government under the Tucker Act are appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Eastern District was established on June 30, 1870.[1]

The district's headquarters, central courthouse, and the majority of its offices are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but the northern counties of the district are serviced by a courthouse in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Currently, Judge William C. Griesbach, chambered in Green Bay, is the district's chief judge; the acting United States Attorney for the District is Greg Haanstad, who replaced James Santelle on August 1, 2015.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin is one of two federal judicial districts in Wisconsin.[2] Court for the Eastern District is held at Green Bay and Milwaukee.

Green Bay Division comprises the following counties: Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago.

Milwaukee Division comprises the following counties: Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kenosha, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.

Current judges

# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
20 Chief Judge William C. Griesbach Green Bay 1954 2002–present 2012–present — G.W. Bush
16 District Judge Joseph Peter Stadtmueller Milwaukee 1942 1987–present 1995–2002 — Reagan
17 District Judge Rudolph T. Randa Milwaukee 1940 1992–present 2002–2009 — G.H.W. Bush
19 District Judge Lynn S. Adelman Milwaukee 1939 1997–present — — Clinton
21 District Judge Pamela Pepper Milwaukee 1964 2014–present — — Obama
18 Senior Judge Charles N. Clevert Jr. Milwaukee 1947 1996–2012 2009–2012 2012–present Clinton

Former judges

# Judge State Born/Died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 Andrew G. Miller WI 1801–1874 1870–1873[Note 1] — — Polk retirement
2 James Henry Howe WI 1827–1893 1873–1875 — — Grant resignation
3 Charles E. Dyer WI 1834–1905 1875–1888 — — Grant resignation
4 James Graham Jenkins WI 1834–1921 1888–1893 — — Cleveland reappointment
5 William Henry Seaman WI 1842–1915 1893–1905 — — Cleveland reappointment
6 Joseph V. Quarles WI 1843–1911 1905–1911 — — T. Roosevelt death
7 Ferdinand August Geiger WI 1867–1939 1912–1939 — — Taft retirement
8 F. Ryan Duffy WI 1888–1979 1939–1949 — — F. Roosevelt reappointment
9 Robert Emmet Tehan WI 1905–1975 1949–1971 1954–1971 1971–1975 Truman death
10 Kenneth Philip Grubb WI 1895–1976 1955–1965 — — Eisenhower retirement
11 John W. Reynolds, Jr. WI 1921–2001 1965–1986 1971–1986 1986–2002 L. Johnson death
12 Myron L. Gordon WI 1918–2009 1967–1983 — 1983–2009 L. Johnson death
13 Robert W. Warren WI 1925–1998 1974–1991 1986–1991 1991–1998 Nixon death
14 Terence T. Evans WI 1940–2011 1979–1995 1991–1995 — Carter reappointment
15 Thomas John Curran WI 1924–2012 1983–1997 — 1997–2012 Reagan death
  1. ↑ Reassigned from District of Wisconsin

Succession of seats

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_wi.html U.S. District Courts of Wisconsin, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center
  2. ↑ 28 U.S.C. § 130

External links

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