The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (in
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s, S.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over forty-seven of
Iowa
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's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
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(except for
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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the
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, which are appealed to the
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).
The
United States District Court for the District of Iowa
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, established on March 3, 1845, by 5 Stat. 789,
[Asbury Dickens, ''A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America'' (1852), p. 394.][U.S. District Courts of Iowa, Legislative history]
''Federal Judicial Center
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''. was subdivided into the current
Northern
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and Southern Districts on July 20, 1882, by 22 Stat. 172.
[ Initially, one judge was assigned to each District.
By 1927, a backlog of unresolved cases dating back to 1920 had developed.]["Judge Wade Hits Delayed Legal Cases," Sioux City Journal, 1927-10-06, p. 1.] In October 1927, Judge Martin Joseph Wade
Martin Joseph Wade (October 20, 1861 – April 16, 1931) was a United States representative from Iowa and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Education and career
Born on October ...
announced that he "was through" attempting to try cases requiring more than one day, but urged Congress to create a second judgeship for the Southern District of Iowa.[ On January 19, 1928, President ]Calvin Coolidge
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signed into law a bill that authorized a second judgeship for the District, with the proviso that when the existing judgeship (held by Judge Wade) becomes vacant, it shall not be filled unless authorized by Congress. When the original judgeship became vacant upon Wade's death in 1931, Congress did not act to reauthorize it, leaving the Southern District with a single judgeship. A second judgeship in the Southern District was not reauthorized by Congress until 1979, with the creation of the judgeship first held by Harold Duane Vietor.
In 1962, Congress created a new judgeship that would be shared by the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. The shared judgeship was replaced in 1990 when the shared judgeship (then held by Judge Donald Eugene O'Brien
Donald Eugene O'Brien (September 30, 1923 – August 18, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. He was ...
) was assigned entirely to the Northern District, and a third Southern District judgeship (first held by Judge Ronald Earl Longstaff
Ronald Earl Longstaff (born 1941) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
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) was authorized.
In 2012, Judge Stephanie Marie Rose was the first woman appointed to the bench in the Southern District of Iowa.
It is headquartered at the United States Courthouse
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in Des Moines
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, with satellite facilities in Council Bluffs
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and at the United States Court House in Davenport. , the Interim United States Attorney is Richard D. Westphal.
Jurisdiction
The Southern District of Iowa has three court divisions, each covering the following counties:
The Central Division, covering Adair, Adams, Appanoose
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, Boone, Clarke
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, Dallas
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, Davis
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, Decatur, Greene
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, Guthrie, Jasper
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, Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
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, Marshall
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, Monroe, Polk
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, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story
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, Union
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, Wapello, Warren
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and Wayne counties.
The Eastern Division, covering Clinton, Des Moines
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, Henry
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, Johnson
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, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, and Washington
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counties.
The Western Division, covering Audubon
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, Cass
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, Mills
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, Montgomery, Page
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, Pottawattamie and Shelby counties.
Current judges
:
Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
See also
* Courts of Iowa
* List of current United States district judges
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* List of United States federal courthouses in Iowa
References
External links
Southern District website
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Iowa, Southern District
Iowa law
Des Moines, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa
1845 establishments in the United States
1882 establishments in Iowa
Courthouses in Iowa
Courts and tribunals established in 1882