The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (in case citations, N.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over fifty-two of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The United States District Court for the District of Iowa, 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, and two magistrate judges, Kelly Mahoney and Mark A. Roberts.
The court is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with a satellite courthouse in Sioux City.
Jurisdiction
The Northern District of Iowa has four court divisions, each covering the following counties:
The Cedar Rapids Division, covering Benton, Cedar, Grundy, Hardin, Iowa, Jones, Linn, and Tama counties.
The Central Division, covering Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright counties.
The Eastern Division, covering Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Jackson, Mitchell, and Winneshiek counties.
The Western Division, covering Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury counties.
Current judges :
Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
U.S. Attorneys
Maurice D. O'Connell 1883-86 Timothy P. Murphy 1886-90 Maurice D. O'Connell 1890-94 Cato Sells 1894-98 Horace G. McMillan 1898-1907 Frederick F. Faville 1907-13 Anthony Van Wagenen 1913-14 Frank A. O'Connor 1914-21 Guy P. Linville 1921-27 Bennett E. Rhinehart 1927-31 Harry M. Reed 1931-34 Edward G. Dunn 1934-40 Tobias E. Diamond 1940-52 Michael L. Mason 1952-53 F. G. Van Alstine 1953-61 Donald E. O'Brien 1961-67 Steve Turner 1967 Asher E. Schroeder 1967-69 Evan L. Hultman 1969-77 James H. Reynolds 1977-82 Evan L. Hultman 1982-86 Robert L. Teig 1986 Charles W. Larson, Sr. 1986-93 Robert L. Teig 1993 Stephen J. Rapp 1993-2001 Charles W. Larson, Sr. 2001-2006 Judith A. Whetstine 2007 Matt M. Dummermuth 2007-2009 Stephanie M. Rose 2009-2012 Sean R. Berry 2012-2014 Kevin W. Techau 2014-2017 Peter Deegan 2017-2021 Sean R. Berry 2021-2022 Timothy T. Duax 2022-2025 Leif Olson 2025 - Present
See also Courts of Iowa List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Iowa
References
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