| United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (N.D. Ind.) |
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| Appeals to | Seventh Circuit |
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| Established | April 21, 1928 |
| Judges assigned | 5 |
| Chief judge | Robert Lowell Miller, Jr. |
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The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (in case citations, N.D. Ind.) was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. As part of the act, the Northern District was divided into three divisions, South Bend, Fort Wayne and Hammond (which has a sub-office in Lafayette). Appeals from this court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The court has eight judges and four magistrate judges.
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History
The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by 3 Stat. 390.[1][2] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by 45 Stat. 437.[2] Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.
Divisions of the Northern District
- Fort Wayne: Adams County, Allen County, Blackford County, DeKalb County, Grant County, Huntington County, Jay County, LaGrange County, Noble County, Steuben County, Wells County, and Whitley County.
- Hammond: Lake County and Porter County.
- Lafayette: Benton County, Carroll County, Jasper County, Newton County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County and White County.
- South Bend: Cass County, Elkhart County, Fulton County, Kosciusko County, LaPorte County, Marshall County, Miami County, Pulaski County, St. Joseph County, Starke County and Wabash County.
Current Judges
- As of November 1, 2007, a vacancy exists in the Northern District of Indiana due to Judge Allen Sharp's decision to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
| Robert Lowell Miller Jr. | Ronald Reagan | December 17, 1985 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Philip P. Simon | George W. Bush | March 27, 2003 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Theresa Lazar Springmann | George W. Bush | June 24, 2003 | Incumbent | – | – |
| Joseph S. Van Bokkelen | George W. Bush | July 18, 2007 | Incumbent | – | – |
| (Seat Vacant) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) |
| Allen Sharp | Richard Nixon | October 11, 1973 | November 1, 2007 | Incumbent | – |
| William Charles Lee | Ronald Reagan | July 28, 1981 | February 3, 2003 | Incumbent | – |
| Rodolfo Lozano | Ronald Reagan | February 26, 1988 | July 10, 2007 | Incumbent | – |
| James Tyne Moody | Ronald Reagan | February 9, 1982 | June 17, 2003 | Incumbent | – |
Former Judges
| Judge | Appointed by | Began active service |
Ended active service |
Ended senior status |
End reason |
| Thomas Whitten Slick | Calvin Coolidge | February 17, 1925 | September 16, 1943 | – | retirement |
| Luther Merritt Swygert | Franklin D. Roosevelt | October 16, 1943 | October 10, 1961 | – | reappointment |
| Robert A. Grant | Dwight D. Eisenhower | August 26, 1957 | December 1, 1972 | March 2, 1998 | death |
| William Lynn Parkinson | Dwight D. Eisenhower | August 6, 1954 | September 9, 1957 | – | reappointment |
| George N. Beamer | John F. Kennedy | April 12, 1962 | October 21, 1974 | – | death |
| Jesse E. Eschbach | John F. Kennedy | April 13, 1962 | December 11, 1981 | – | reappointment |
| Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. | Gerald Ford | May 7, 1976 | March 28, 1981 | – | death |
| Michael Stephen Kanne | Ronald Reagan | February 9, 1982 | May 21, 1987 | – | reappointment |
See also
References
- ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392.
- ^ a b U.S. District Courts of Indiana, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
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