| United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (E.D.N.Y.) |
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| Appeals to | Second Circuit |
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| Established | February 25, 1865 |
| Judges assigned | 15 |
| Chief judge | Raymond Joseph Dearie |
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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (in case citations, E.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the entirety of Long Island (including the portion in New York City) and Staten Island. The court's territorial jurisdiction includes the Counties of Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau, and Suffolk. Courthouses are located in Brooklyn and Central Islip.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The Acting United States Attorney for the district is Benton J. Campbell, succeeding Roslynn Renee Mauskopf who joined the Court as a District Judge in October 2007.
Appeals from the Eastern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second 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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Courthouses
The main courthouse is at 225 Cadman Plaza East in the civic center of Brooklyn. The 15-story building was designed by Cesar Pelli. The courthouse was designed in 1995 but did not open until 2006 following redesign requirements in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing and the September 11 attacks. It replaced the 6 storey Emanuel Celler Federal Building (built in 1962 and located next door via glass atrium). In 2008 it was renamed Theodore Roosevelt.[1] The building was originally to be renamed by Hugh Carey but politicians backed off because Carey was alive at the time.[2] The associated prison is the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn.
The Divisional office is in the Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Courthouse in Central Islip, New York. The courthouse designed by Richard Meier opened in 2000 and is the second largest federal courthouse in the United States (after the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse) and the largest building on Long Island.[3] The 12-story building has 870,000 square feet (81,000 m2), 23 courtrooms and 24 judges' chambers.[4]
Judges
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has 15 authorized judgeships, filled by judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Eleven judges who have taken senior status are eligible to continue hearing cases. As of March 19, 2007, the Chief Judge of the District is Judge Raymond J. Dearie, who succeeded Judge Edward R. Korman. Judge Jack Weinstein, widely regarded as among the most respected and influential Judges in America, is currently a Senior Judge in this district. Unlike others Judges at Judge Weinstein's level of seniority, he continues to maintain a full docket of cases, including many of the biggest corporate cases considered anywhere in the country.
| Name | Appointed | Appointed by |
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| Chief Judge Raymond J. Dearie | 1986 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Senior District Judge Jack B. Weinstein | 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
| Senior District Judge Thomas Collier Platt, Jr. | 1974 | Richard Nixon | |
| Senior District Judge Israel Leo Glasser | 1981 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Senior District Judge Leonard D. Wexler | 1981 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Senior District Judge Edward R. Korman | 1985 | Ronald Reagan | |
| Senior District Judge Arthur Donald Spatt | 1989 | Ronald Reagan | |
| District Judge Carol Bagley Amon | 1990 | George H. W. Bush | |
| Senior District Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. | 1991 | George H. W. Bush | |
| Senior District Judge Denis Reagan Hurley | 1991 | George H. W. Bush | |
| District Judge Joanna Seybert | 1993 | Bill Clinton | |
| Senior District Judge David G. Trager | 1993 | Bill Clinton | |
| Senior District Judge Frederic Block | 1994 | Bill Clinton | |
| District Judge John Gleeson | 1994 | Bill Clinton | |
| District Judge Allyne R. Ross | 1994 | Bill Clinton | |
| Senior District Judge Nina Gershon | 1996 | Bill Clinton | |
| District Judge Nicholas Garaufis | 2000 | Bill Clinton | |
| District Judge Sandra J. Feuerstein | 2003 | George W. Bush | |
| District Judge Dora Irizarry | 2004 | George W. Bush | |
| District Judge Sandra L. Townes | 2004 | George W. Bush | |
| District Judge Joseph Frank Bianco | 2006 | George W. Bush | |
| District Judge Eric Nicholas Vitaliano | 2006 | George W. Bush | |
| District Judge Brian Mark Cogan | 2006 | George W. Bush | |
| District Judge Roslynn Renee Mauskopf | 2007 | George W. Bush | |
| District Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto | 2008 | George W. Bush | |
All judges
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
| Matthew T. Abruzzo | Franklin D. Roosevelt | February 15, 1936 | February 15, 1966 | May 28, 1971 | death |
| Frank X. Altimari | Ronald Reagan | December 10, 1982 | December 23, 1985 | – | reappointment |
| Carol Bagley Amon | George H. W. Bush | August 7, 1990 | Incumbent | – | – |
| John Ries Bartels | Dwight D. Eisenhower | July 30, 1959 | December 31, 1973 | February 13, 1997 | death |
| Charles Linnaeus Benedict | Abraham Lincoln | March 9, 1865 | January 1, 1897 | – | retirement |
| Joseph Frank Bianco | George W. Bush | January 3, 2006 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Frederic Block | Bill Clinton | September 29, 1994 | September 1, 2005 | Incumbent | – |
| Henry Bramwell | Gerald Ford | December 26, 1974 | October 1, 1987 | Incumbent | – |
| Walter Bruchhausen | Dwight D. Eisenhower | May 8, 1953 | May 20, 1967 | October 11, 1976 | death |
| Mortimer W. Byers | Herbert Hoover | November 20, 1929 | February 1, 1960 | March 5, 1962 | death |
| Marcus Beach Campbell | Warren G. Harding | January 3, 1923 | August 3, 1944 | – | death |
| Thomas Chatfield | Theodore Roosevelt | January 9, 1907 | December 24, 1922 | – | death |
| Brian Cogan | George W. Bush | June 7, 2006 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Mark Americus Costantino | Richard Nixon | May 20, 1971 | December 1, 1987 | June 17, 1990 | death |
| Raymond J. Dearie | Ronald Reagan | March 19, 1986 | Incumbent | – | – |
| John Francis Dooling Jr. | John F. Kennedy | September 22, 1961 | November 30, 1976 | January 12, 1981 | death |
| Sandra J. Feuerstein | George W. Bush | September 22, 2003 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Clarence G. Galston | Herbert Hoover | April 29, 1929 | January 1, 1957 | January 22, 1964 | death |
| Nicholas Garaufis | Bill Clinton | May 25, 2000 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Edwin Louis Garvin | Woodrow Wilson | March 21, 1918 | October 31, 1925 | – | resignation |
| Nina Gershon | Bill Clinton | August 1, 1996 | October 16, 2008 | Incumbent | – |
| I. Leo Glasser | Ronald Reagan | December 10, 1981 | July 1, 1993 | Incumbent | – |
| John Gleeson | Bill Clinton | September 29, 1994 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Denis Reagan Hurley | George H. W. Bush | November 5, 1991 | December 18, 2004 | Incumbent | – |
| Robert Alexander Inch | Warren G. Harding | April 28, 1923[5] | January 6, 1958 | January 12, 1961 | death |
| Dora Irizarry | George W. Bush | July 8, 2004 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Sterling Johnson Jr. | George H. W. Bush | July 2, 1991 | June 1, 2003 | Incumbent | – |
| Orrin Grimmell Judd | Lyndon B. Johnson | July 17, 1968 | July 7, 1976 | – | death |
| Harold Maurice Kennedy | Franklin D. Roosevelt | September 22, 1944 | September 30, 1952 | – | resignation |
| Edward R. Korman | Ronald Reagan | November 4, 1985 | October 25, 2007 | Incumbent | – |
| Kiyo A. Matsumoto | George W. Bush | July 22, 2008 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Roslynn Renee Mauskopf | George W. Bush | October 18, 2007 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Joseph M. McLaughlin | Ronald Reagan | September 28, 1981 | October 18, 1990 | – | reappointment |
| Jacob Mishler | Dwight D. Eisenhower | July 6, 1960 | April 30, 1980 | January 26, 2004 | death |
| Grover M. Moscowitz | Calvin Coolidge | December 21, 1925 | March 31, 1947 | – | death |
| Edward Raymond Neaher | Richard Nixon | July 22, 1971 | May 28, 1982 | April 19, 1994 | death |
| Eugene Nickerson | Jimmy Carter | October 21, 1977 | January 1, 1994 | January 1, 2002 | death |
| Thomas Collier Platt Jr. | Richard Nixon | March 8, 1974 | February 1, 2001 | Incumbent | – |
| George C. Pratt | Gerald Ford | May 7, 1976 | June 29, 1982 | – | reappointment |
| Reena Raggi | Ronald Reagan | May 7, 1987 | October 7, 2002 | – | reappointment |
| Leo F. Rayfiel | Harry S. Truman | July 30, 1947 | March 4, 1966 | November 18, 1978 | death |
| George Rosling | John F. Kennedy | October 5, 1961[6] | April 16, 1973 | – | death |
| Allyne R. Ross | Bill Clinton | September 29, 1994 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Joanna Seybert | Bill Clinton | November 24, 1993 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Charles Proctor Sifton | Jimmy Carter | October 12, 1977 | March 18, 2000 | November 9, 2009 | death |
| Arthur Donald Spatt | George H. W. Bush | November 27, 1989 | December 1, 2004 | Incumbent | – |
| Asa Wentworth Tenney | William McKinley | July 8, 1897 | December 10, 1897 | – | death |
| Edward Beers Thomas | William McKinley | February 15, 1898 | December 31, 1906 | – | resignation |
| Sandra L. Townes | George W. Bush | August 2, 2004 | Incumbent | – | – |
| David G. Trager | Bill Clinton | November 24, 1993 | March 1, 2006 | Incumbent | – |
| Anthony J. Travia | Lyndon B. Johnson | July 17, 1968 | November 30, 1974 | – | resignation |
| Van Vechten Veeder | William Howard Taft | January 26, 1911 | December 31, 1917 | – | resignation |
| Eric Nicholas Vitaliano | George W. Bush | January 19, 2006 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Jack B. Weinstein | Lyndon B. Johnson | April 15, 1967 | March 1, 1993 | Incumbent | – |
| Leonard D. Wexler | Ronald Reagan | June 22, 1983 | June 30, 1994 | Incumbent | – |
| Joseph Carmine Zavatt | Dwight D. Eisenhower | August 7, 1957 | December 31, 1970 | August 31, 1985 | death |
Notes
- ^ http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/us-courthouse-is-named-for-theodore-roosevelt/
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/12/30/2008-12-30_brooklyn_courthouse_gets_new_name_since_-2.html
- ^ http://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/
- ^ http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=134995
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 15, 1923, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 8, 1924, and received commission on January 8, 1924.
- ^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received commission on March 17, 1962.
External links
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Official Website
- United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Official Website
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