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which covers the western third of

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. Appeals from the Western 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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Jurisdiction

The court's jurisdiction comprises the following counties:

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, Clay County, North Carolina, Clay, Cleveland County, North Carolina, Cleveland, Gaston County, North Carolina, Gaston, Graham County, North Carolina, Graham, Haywood County, North Carolina, Haywood, Henderson County, North Carolina, Henderson, Iredell County, North Carolina, Iredell, Jackson County, North Carolina, Jackson, Lincoln County, North Carolina, Lincoln, Macon County, North Carolina, Macon, Madison County, North Carolina, Madison, McDowell County, North Carolina, McDowell, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Mecklenburg, Mitchell County, North Carolina, Mitchell, Polk County, North Carolina, Polk, Rutherford County, North Carolina, Rutherford, Swain County, North Carolina, Swain, Transylvania County, North Carolina, Transylvania, Union County, North Carolina, Union, Watauga County, North Carolina, Watauga, Wilkes County, North Carolina, Wilkes and Yancey County, North Carolina, Yancey. It has jurisdiction over the cities of Asheville, North Carolina, Asheville, Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte, Hickory, North Carolina, Hickory, and Statesville, North Carolina, Statesville. The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the United States Attorney is Dena J. King.

History

The United States District Court for the District of North Carolina was established on June 4, 1790, by .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
''Federal Judicial Center''. On June 9, 1794, it was subdivided into three districts by , but on March 3, 1797, the three districts were abolished and the single District restored by , until April 29, 1802, when the state was again subdivided into three different districts by . 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, United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Eastern and Western, by . The presiding judge of the District of North Carolina, George Washington Brooks, was then reassigned to preside over only the Eastern District, allowing President Ulysses S. Grant to appoint Robert P. Dick to be the first judge of the Western District of North Carolina. The United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, Middle District was created from portions of the Eastern and Western Districts on March 2, 1927, by .

Current judges

Vacancies and pending nominations

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

U.S. Attorneys for the Western District

:''The Western and United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Eastern districts were created in 1872. D. H. Starbuck, who was serving as U.S. Attorney for the entire state, continued in office by serving as Attorney for the Western District.'' *D. H. Starbuck (1870–1876) *Virgil S. Lusk (1876–1880) *James E. Boyd (attorney), James E. Boyd (1880–1885) *Hamilton C. Jones Jr. (1885–1889) *Charles Price (attorney), Charles Price (1889–1893) *Robert B. Glenn (1893–1897) *Alfred E. Holton (1897–1914) *William C. Hammer (1914–1920) *Stonewall J. Durham (1920–1921) *Frank A. Linney (1921–1927) *Thomas J. Harkins (1927–1931) *Charles A. Jonas (1931–1932) *Frank Caldwell Patton (1932–1933) *Marcus Erwin (1933–1939) *W. Roy Francis (1939–1940) *Theron L. Candle (1940–1945) *David E. Henderson (1945–1948) *Thomas E. Uzzell (1948–1953) *James M. Baley Jr. (1953–1961) *Hugh E. Monteith (1961) *William Medford (1961–1969) *James O. Israel Jr. (1969) *Keith S. Snyder (1969–1977) *Harold M. Edwards (1977–1981) *Harold J. Bender (1981) *Charles R. Brewer (attorney), Charles R. Brewer (1981–1987) *Thomas J. Ashcraft (1987–1993) *Jerry W. Miller (1993) *Mark T. Calloway (1994–2001) *Robert J. Conrad Jr. (2001–2004) *Gretchen Shappert (2004–2009) *Edward R. Ryan (acting; 2009–2010) *Anne Tompkins (2010–2015) *Jill Westmoreland Rose (2015–2017) *R. Andrew Murray (2017–2021)

References

External links

United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina Official Website
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