United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (N.D. Tex.) is a United States district court. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in Dallas, Texas. It has jurisdiction over 100 counties in the northern and central parts of the U.S. state of Texas.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.
Appeals from this court are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which includes Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
Current judges
Active judges
- A. Joe Fish, Chief Judge, Dallas (appointed 1983)
- Mary Lou Robinson, Amarillo (1979)
- Sidney A. Fitzwater, Dallas (1986)
- Sam R. Cummings, Lubbock (1987)
- John H. McBryde, Fort Worth (1990)
- Jorge A. Solis, Dallas (1991)
- Terry R. Means, Fort Worth (1991)
- Sam A. Lindsay, Dallas (1998)
- Barbara M.G. Lynn, Dallas (2000)
- David C. Godbey, Dallas (2002)
- Ed Kinkeade, Dallas (2002)
- Jane Boyle, Dallas (2004)
Senior judges
- Barefoot Sanders, Dallas (1979)
- Jerry Buchmeyer, Dallas (1979)
- Robert B. Maloney, Dallas (1985)
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