The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (in

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s, N.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over fifty-two of

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (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 The following are former United States district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California, each of these courts initially covered an entire U.S. state, and was subdivided as the ...

, established on March 3, 1845, by ,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''. was subdivided into the current Northern and Southern Districts on July 20, 1882, by . Presently, the court has two district judges, Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand and Judge C. J. Williams, one senior judge,

Linda R. Reade Linda Rae Reade (born February 1, 1948) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Early life and education Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Reade graduated from Drake Unive ...

, and two magistrate judges, Kelly Mahoney and Mark A. Roberts. The court is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with a satellite courthouse in Sioux City. Stephanie M. Rose served as the

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from 2009 to 2012, she was later commissioned to serve on the

United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa (in case citations, S.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over forty-seven of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (except for patent claims a ...

on September 17, 2012. , the Acting United States Attorney is Timothy T. Duax.

Jurisdiction

Iowa federal court districts and divisions

The Northern District of Iowa has four court divisions, each covering the following counties: The Cedar Rapids Division, covering Benton,

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, Grundy, Hardin,

, Jones, Linn, and Tama counties. The Central Division, covering Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton,

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, Humboldt, Kossuth,

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, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright counties. The Eastern Division, covering Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan,

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, Clayton,

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, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Howard,

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, Mitchell, and Winneshiek counties. The Western Division, covering

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, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida,

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, Monona, O'Brien,

Osceola Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Asi-yahola in Muscogee language, Creek), named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a S ...

, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury counties.

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