The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in

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s, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for

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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was created on March 18, 1966, with the division of the Northern and Southern districts, leading to the creation of the Central and Eastern districts. The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the acting United States attorney is Michelle M. Beckwith.

Organization of the court

United States District Court located in Yosemite National Park

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. * Fresno Division comprises the following counties: Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne. * Sacramento Division comprises the following counties: Alpine, Amador,

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, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono,

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, Placer, Plumas,

, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama,

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, Yolo, and Yuba. * Bakersfield Office hears

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and petty criminal offenses on federal lands and National Parks in Inyo and Kern counties. Court is held at

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, and Ridgecrest. * Redding Office hears

and petty criminal offenses on federal lands and National Parks in

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. Court is held at Sierra Army Depot, Redding, and Susanville. * Yosemite Office hears

and petty criminal offenses in

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. National parks are under federal jurisdiction. The perennially large crowds of tourists at Yosemite create a unique situation justifying the presence of a courthouse inside the park itself.

Current judges

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Request for expansion

The six sitting judges and three senior judges have submitted a draft letter to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives from the Eastern District in which they argue that population growth in the district has necessitated an increase in the number of district judges.

U.S. Attorney

* John P. Hyland 1966–7190 * Duane D. Keyes 1970–1977
Herman Sillas, Jr.
1977–1980 * William B. Shubb 1980–1981 * Francis M. Goldsberry II 1981 * Donald B. Ayer 1981–1986
Peter A. Nowinski
1986–1987 * David F. Levi 1987–1990 * Richard Jenkins 1990–1991 * George L. O'Connell 1991–93 * Robert M. Twiss 1993
Charles J. Stevens
1993–1997
Paul Seave
1997–2001 * McGregor W. Scott 2003–2009 * Lawrence G Brown 2009 * Benjamin B. Wagner 2009–2016 * Phillip Talbert 2016–2017 * McGregor W. Scott 2017–2021 * Phillip Talbert 2021–2025

References

External links

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California
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