| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (E.D. Ark.) |
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| Appeals to | Eighth Circuit |
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| Established | March 3, 1851 |
| Judges assigned | 5 |
| Chief judge | J. Leon Holmes |
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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (in case citations, E.D. Ark.) is further subdivided into six divisions, which collectively cover 41 Arkansas counties.
Appeals from the Eastern District of Arkansas are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
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History
Arkansas was originally part of the Louisiana Purchase, and became part of the Territory of Missouri in 1812, when Louisiana became a state. When Missouri became a state in 1819, a territorial government, including a territorial court, was organized for Arkansas, taking effect on July 4, 1819.[1] The United States District Court for the District of Arkansas was established with a single judge when Arkansas became a state, on June 15, 1836, by 5 Stat. 50, 51.[1][2] The court was subdivided into Eastern and Western Districts on March 3, 1851, by 9 Stat. 594.[2][3][4]
Jurisdiction
The District is currently divided into five separate divisions: Northern, Eastern, Western, Jonesboro, and Pine Bluff.
Judges
- As of September 30, 2008, a vacancy existed in the Eastern District of Arkansas due to Judge William R. Wilson, Jr.'s decision to assume senior status. On December 4, 2009, President Obama nominated Judge D. Price Marshall Jr., a judge on the Arkansas Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy.[5]
- Also on September 30, 2008, a second vacancy was created in the District due to the decision of Judge James M. Moody to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
| Richard S. Arnold | Jimmy Carter | September 22, 1978 | March 7, 1980 | – | reappointment |
| Henry Clay Caldwell | Abraham Lincoln | June 20, 1864 | March 13, 1890 | – | reappointment |
| Garnett Thomas Eisele | Richard Nixon | August 6, 1970 | August 1, 1991 | Incumbent | – |
| Oren Harris | Lyndon B. Johnson | August 12, 1965 | February 3, 1976 | February 5, 1997 | death |
| Jesse Smith Henley | Dwight D. Eisenhower | October 25, 1958[6] | March 24, 1975 | – | reappointment |
| James Leon Holmes | George W. Bush | July 7, 2004 | Incumbent | – | – |
| George Howard Jr. | Jimmy Carter | September 30, 1980 | April 21, 2007 | – | death |
| Harry Jacob Lemley | Franklin D. Roosevelt | May 11, 1939 | September 5, 1958 | March 5, 1965 | death |
| John Ellis Martineau | Calvin Coolidge | March 2, 1928 | March 6, 1937 | – | death |
| Brian Stacy Miller | George W. Bush | April 17, 2008 | Incumbent | – | – |
| James Maxwell Moody | Bill Clinton | August 14, 1995 | October 1, 2008 | Incumbent | – |
| William Overton | Jimmy Carter | May 11, 1979 | July 14, 1987 | – | death |
| Stephen M. Reasoner | Ronald Reagan | February 26, 1988 | September 17, 2002 | August 14, 2004 | death |
| Daniel Ringo | – | – | May 6, 1861 | – | resignation |
| Elsijane Trimble Roy | Jimmy Carter | November 2, 1977 | January 1, 1989 | January 23, 2007 | death |
| Terry Lee Shell | Gerald Ford | September 16, 1975 | June 25, 1978 | – | death |
| Jacob Trieber | William McKinley | July 26, 1900[7] | September 17, 1927 | – | death |
| Thomas Clark Trimble III | Franklin D. Roosevelt | June 18, 1937 | January 14, 1957 | July 6, 1965 | death |
| John A. Williams | Benjamin Harrison | September 22, 1890 | July 7, 1900 | – | death |
| William Roy Wilson, Jr. | Bill Clinton | October 1, 1993 | October 1, 2008 | Incumbent | – |
| Henry Woods | Jimmy Carter | February 20, 1980 | March 1, 1995 | March 14, 2002 | death |
| Susan Webber Wright | George H. W. Bush | January 24, 1990 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Gordon Elmo Young | Dwight D. Eisenhower | September 10, 1959 | August 20, 1969 | – | death |
Magistrate Judges
- Henry L. Jones, Jr.
- H. David Young
- John F. Forster, Jr.
- Jerry W. Cavaneau
- J. Thomas Ray
United States Attorneys
Recent former U.S. Attorneys for the district
See also
References
- ^ a b Lynn Foster, Their Pride and Ornament: Judge Benjamin Johnson and the Federal Courts in Early Arkansas, 22 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 21 (1999).
- ^ a b U.S. District Courts of Arkansas, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 390.
- ^ Alfred Conkling, A Treatise on the Organization, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Courts of the United States (1864), p. 179.
- ^ http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-nominates-nancy-freudenthal-judge-d-price-marshall-jr-and-judge-ben
- ^ Recess appointment; not confirmed by the United States Senate, but Eisenhower successfully renominated Henley to a different seat on the same court prior to the expiration of the initial appointment.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 4, 1900, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 9, 1901, and received commission on January 9, 1901.
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