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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (in
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s, N.D. Ga.) is a
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which serves the residents of forty-six counties. These are divided up into four divisions. Appeals from cases brought in the Northern District of Georgia are to the
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, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).


History

The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, , on September 24, 1789.U.S. District Courts of Georgia, Legislative history
'' Federal Judicial Center''.
The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by .Asbury Dickens, ''A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America'' (1852), p. 390.
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, ''A Treatise on the Organization, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Courts of the United States'' (1864), p. 179.
The Middle District was formed from portions of those two Districts on May 28, 1926, by .


Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction and Venue are enumerated in . The
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division includes:
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, Clayton, Cobb,
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, Gwinnett,
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, Newton, and Rockdale counties. The Gainesville division serves:
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, and White counties. The Newnan division hears cases for: Carroll,
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division serves: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd,
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, and Whitfield counties. The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. , the United States Attorney is Ryan K. Buchanan.


Current judges

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Former judges


Chief judges


Succession of seats


See also

* Courts of Georgia * ''
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References


External links


Home of Northern District of Georgia
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