The United States District Court for the District of Vermont (in case citations, D. Vt.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the federal district of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, and Rutland. The court was created by a March 2, 1791 amendment () to the Judiciary Act of 1789 and assigned to the eastern circuit. Under the Midnight Judges Act, the Circuits were reorganized and this court was assigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit where it has remained since. Originally created with one judgeship, in 1966 a second judgeship was added.

Appeals from the District of Vermont are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (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 Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the acting United States attorney is Jonathan A. Ophardt.

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U.S. attorneys U.S. attorneys for Vermont since it attained statehood in 1791 include:

U.S. AttorneyTerm startedTerm endedPresidents served underStephen Jacob17911794George WashingtonAmos Marsh 17941796George WashingtonCharles Marsh17971801John AdamsDavid Fay18011809Thomas JeffersonCornelius P. Van Ness18101813James MadisonTitus Hutchinson18131821James Madison, James MonroeWilliam A. Griswold18211829James Monroe, and John Quincy AdamsDaniel Kellogg18291841Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and William Henry HarrisonCharles Davis18411845John TylerCharles Linsley18451849James K. PolkAbel Underwood18491853Zachary Taylor and Millard FillmoreLucius B. Peck18531857Franklin PierceHenry E. Stoughton18571860James BuchananGeorge Howe18611864Abraham LincolnDudley C. Denison18641869Abraham Lincoln and Andrew JohnsonBenjamin F. Fifield18691880Ulysses S. Grant and Rutherford B. HayesKittredge Haskins18801887 Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, and Grover ClevelandClarence H. Pitkin18871889Grover ClevelandFrank Plumley18891894Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland John H. Senter18941898Grover Cleveland and William McKinleyJames L. Martin18981906William McKinley, and Theodore RooseveltAlexander Dunnett19061915Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson Vernon A. Bullard19151923Woodrow Wilson and Warren HardingHarry B. Amey19231933Calvin Coolidge and Herbert HooverJoseph A. McNamara 19331953Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry TrumanLouis G. Whitcomb 19531961Dwight D. EisenhowerJoseph F. Radigan 19611969John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson George Cook 19691977Richard Nixon and Gerald FordWilliam B. Gray19771981Jimmy Carter Jerome O'Neill19811981Jimmy Carter and Ronald ReaganGeorge Cook19811987Ronald ReaganGeorge J. Terwilliger III19871991Ronald Reagan and George H. W. BushCharles Caruso19911993George H. W. Bush and Bill ClintonCharles Tetzlaff19932001Bill Clinton and George W. BushPeter Hall20012004George W. BushDavid Kirby20052006George W. BushTom Anderson 20062009George W. BushTristram J. Coffin20092015Barack ObamaEric Miller20152017 Barack Obama and Donald TrumpChristina Nolan20172021Donald TrumpNikolas P. Kerest20212025Joe BidenMichael P. Drescher (acting)20252026Donald TrumpJonathan A. Ophardt (acting)2026presentDonald Trump

U.S. marshals Duties and responsibilities The United States Marshal for the District of Vermont oversees all Marshals Service operations in Vermont. The Vermont district maintains offices in Burlington and Rutland, enabling the Marshals Service to carry out its role with respect to public safety in Vermont. The U.S. Marshal for Vermont is responsible for federal law enforcement activities within the state, including apprehending fugitives and sex offenders, managing transport of federal prisoners, and protecting federal courthouses.

History The offices of U.S. Marshal and Deputy Marshal were created by the 1st U.S. Congress when it passed the Judiciary Act of 1789. Marshals were presidential appointees and their duties included supporting the federal courts within their districts and executing the orders of the president, Congress and federal judges. Support of the courts included serving subpoenas, summonses, writs, and warrants, making arrests, and handling prisoners. Marshals were also responsible for the finances and administration of the courts, including paying fees, expenses, and salaries for court clerks, U.S. Attorneys, jurors, and witnesses. Marshals serve at the pleasure of the president, and when the positions were created, Congress created a time limit on Marshals' service. Marshals are limited to four-year, renewable terms that expire unless they are reappointed.

In the country's early years, Marshals rented courtroom and jail space, and hired and supervised bailiffs, criers, and janitors. They also handled the day-to-day activities of court proceedings, including ensuring that defendants were present, jurors were available, and witnesses appeared as required. Marshals were also called upon to carry out federal death sentences and investigate counterfeiting. Because they were paid on a fee system, the positions were lucrative and highly sought after.

Marshals also filled a gap in the federal government as it was originally designed, executing numerous tasks because no other agency was available to do them. These duties included taking the national census every 10 years until 1870, distributing Presidential proclamations, collecting statistical data for use by federal agencies, and supplying data on federal employees for including in a national register, deporting foreigners who entered the country illegally, and capturing fugitive slaves.

Over time, the duties of Marshals grew to include activities such as enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, the prohibition of the sale and transport of alcoholic beverages. In the modern era, the duties and responsibilities of U.S. Marshals include witness protection and apprehension of federal fugitives.

U.S. marshals and dates of appointment Vermont's U.S. marshals have included:

Lewis R. Morris, March 4, 1791 Jabez G. Fitch, June 9, 1794 John Willard, March 11, 1801 David Robinson, January 7, 1811 Heman Allen (of Colchester), December 14, 1818 Joseph Edson, March 3, 1823 Heman Lowry, June 6, 1829 George W. Barker, December 30, 1835 Heman Lowry, March 7, 1837 William Barron, March 10, 1841 Jacob Kent Jr., March 15, 1845 John Pettes, March 13, 1849 Charles Chapin, April 1, 1853 Lewis S. Partridge, May 2, 1857 Charles C. P. Baldwin, April 12, 1861 Hugh H. Henry, July 25, 1865 George P. Foster, January 24, 1870 William W. Henry, April 10, 1879 John Robinson, June 24, 1886 Rollin Amsden, June 18, 1890 Emory S. Harris, June 9, 1894 Fred A. Field, June 14, 1898 Frank H. Chapman, October 16, 1903 Horace W. Bailey, October 21, 1903 Arthur P. Carpenter, February 14, 1914 Albert W. Harvey, June 2, 1922 Edward L. Burke, June 7, 1935 Dewey H. Perry, March 14, 1954 Thomas W. Sorrell, August 3, 1961 Christian Hansen Jr., June 20, 1969 Earle B. McLaughlin, July 28, 1977 Christian Hansen Jr., March 17, 1982 John E. Rouille, September 29, 1994 John H. Sinclair, November 29, 1999 John R. Edwards, March 18, 2002 David E.  Demag, August 18, 2009 Bradley J. LaRose, January 2, 2019 John Hall (acting), July 9, 2024

See also Courts of Vermont List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Vermont

References

External links

United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Official Website