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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, and is now located at the James Byrne Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia.

The Court's jurisdiction includes Philadelphia, as well as Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery and Northampton counties. The district is a part of the Third Circuit.

The people in the district are represented by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. There are Eastern District federal courtrooms in Philadelphia, Allentown, Reading, and Easton.

Judges

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has 22 authorized judgeships, filled by judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. In addition, judges who have taken senior status continue to hear cases. There are currently 36 judges, including both active and senior judges. The Chief Judge of the District is Judge Harvey Bartle III.

The District Judges (active and senior), in alphabetical order, sitting as of 2007 are:

Harvey Bartle III, Chief Judge
Michael M. Baylson
Anita B. Brody
Ronald L. Buckwalter
Stewart R. Dalzell
Legrome D. Davis
Paul S. Diamond
J. William Ditter Jr.
Jan E. DuBois
John P. Fullam
James Knoll Gardner
James Tyrone Giles
Thomas M. Golden
John Berne Hannum
J. Curtis Joyner
Marvin Katz
Bruce C. Kauffman
Robert F. Kelly
Edmund V. Ludwig
Mary A. McLaughlin
Thomas Newman O'Neill Jr.
John R. Padova
Louis Heilprin Pollak
Gene E.K. Pratter
Lowell A. Reed Jr.
Eduardo C. Robreno
Cynthia M. Rufe
Juan Ramon Sanchez
Timothy J. Savage
Berle M. Schiller
Norma Levy Shapiro
Lawrence F. Stengel
R. Barclay Surrick
Petrese B. Tucker
Donald West VanArtsdalen
William H. Yohn, Jr.

External links

- Official site

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Territorial courts	Guam • Northern Mariana Islands • Virgin Islands

This biographical information was gathered from the United_States_District_Court_For_The_Eastern_District_Of_Pennsylvania page, courtesy of the Wikipedia project.

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