The United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (in

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s, M.D.N.C.) is a United States district court with jurisdiction over 24 counties in the center of

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. It consists of five divisions with a headquarters in

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. Appeals from the Middle District of North Carolina are taken to the

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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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Jurisdiction

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina has jurisdiction over 24 counties:

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, Cabarrus, Caswell,

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(excluding that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina),

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, Guilford, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore,

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, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin. The district's jurisdiction was modified in 2021 to transfer the portions of four counties (Hoke, Moore, Richmond, and Scotland) containing Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall to the

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.S.1340 - A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1340

History

The

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was established on June 4, 1790, by 1 Stat. 126.Asbury Dickens, ''A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America'' (1852), p. 389.U.S. District Courts of North Carolina, Legislative history
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''. On June 9, 1794 it was subdivided into three districts by 1 Stat. 395, but on March 3, 1797, the three districts were abolished and the single District restored by 1 Stat. 517, until April 29, 1802, when the state was again subdivided into three different districts by 2 Stat. 156. In both instances, these districts, unlike those with geographic designations that existed in other states, were titled by the names of the cities in which the courts sat. After the first division, they were styled the District of Edenton, the District of New Bern, and the District of Wilmington; after the second division, they were styled the District of Albemarle, the District of Cape Fear, and the District of Pamptico. However, in both instances, only one judge was authorized to serve all three districts, causing them to effectively operate as a single district. The latter combination was occasionally referred to by the cumbersome title of the United States District Court for the Albemarle, Cape Fear & Pamptico Districts of North Carolina. On June 4, 1872, North Carolina was re-divided into two Districts,

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, by 17 Stat. 215. The Middle District was created from portions of the Eastern and Western Districts on March 2, 1927, by 44 Stat. 1339. Shortly thereafter, President

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appointed

Johnson Jay Hayes Johnson Jay Hayes (January 23, 1886 – October 22, 1970) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Education and career Born in Purlear, North Carolina, Hayes received a ...

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to be the first judge of the Middle District of North Carolina.

Current judges

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

U.S. Attorneys for the Middle District

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(1927–1928) * Edwin L. Gavin (1928–1932) * John R. McCrary (1932–1934) * Carlisle W. Higgins (1934–1947) *

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(1947–1954) * Edwin M. Stanley (1954–1957) * Robert L. Gavin (1957–1958) *James E. Holshouser, Sr. (1958–1961) *Lafayette Williams (1961) * William H. Murdock (1961–1969) * William Lindsay Osteen Sr. (1969–1974) *

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(1974–1977) *Benjamin H. White, Jr. (1977) *

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(1977–1980) *

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(1981–1986) * Robert H. Edmunds Jr. (1986–1993) *Benjamin H. White, Jr. (1993) * Walter C. Holton Jr. (1994–2001) * Anna Mills Wagoner (2001–2010) *

Ripley Rand Ripley Eagles Rand is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina from 2011 to 2017. President Barack Obama nominated him to the post on July 28, 2010. Education Rand earned both Bac ...

(2010–2017) * Sandra J. Hairston (2017–2018) * Matthew G.T. Martin (2018–2021) * Sandra J. Hairston (2021–present)

References

External links

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