United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (in case citations, S.D. Ohio) is the federal trial court for the southern half of Ohio. The district holds court in Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dayton. The district includes 48 of the state's 88 counties—everything from the Columbus area southward.

Appeals from this court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati (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 of the Southern District of Ohio represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. , the United States attorney is Dominick Gerace II.

Divisions The court is divided into two divisions.

Eastern Division The Eastern Division, which sits in the Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse at Columbus, serves the counties of Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Union, Vinton, and Washington.

Western Division The Western Division sits at both Cincinnati and Dayton. Cases from the counties of Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Lawrence, Scioto, and Warren are heard at Cincinnati in the Potter Stewart United States Courthouse. Cases from the counties of Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby are heard at Dayton.

History The United States District Court for the District of Ohio was established on February 19, 1803, by .Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392.U.S. District Courts of Ohio, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center. The act of authorized one judgeship for the court. The district court in Ohio, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. By the act of February 24, 1807, , the authority of the Ohio district court to exercise the jurisdiction of a U.S. circuit court was repealed, and Ohio was assigned to the newly organized Seventh Circuit. It also provided for a U.S. circuit court for the District of Ohio. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on February 10, 1855, by . The district judge serving the District of Ohio, Humphrey H. Leavitt, was reassigned to the Southern District of Ohio.

On July 23, 1866, by , Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Ohio to the Sixth Circuit. Additional judgeships were created in 1910, 1937, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1984, and 1990.

Current judges :

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

United States attorneys

Term start Term end United States Attorney 1855 1856 Hugh J. Jewett 1856 1858 John O'Neill 1858 1861 Stanley Matthews 1861 1865 Flamen Ball 1865 1866 Richard Corwine 1866 1869 Durbin Ward 1869 1877 Warner Bateman 1877 1885 Channing Richards 1885 1887 Philip Kumler 1887 1889 William Burnet 1889 1894 John Herron 1894 1898 Harlan Cleveland 1898 1903 William Bundy 1903 1916 Sherman McPherson 1916 1920 Stuart Bolin 1920 1922 James Clark 1922 1923 Thomas Morrow 1923 1925 Benson W. Hough 1925 1934 Haveth Mau 1934 1939 Francis Canny 1939 1939 James Cleveland 1939 1944 Leo Crawford 1944 1946 Byron B. Harlan 1946 1953 Ray O'Donnell 1953 1961 Hugh Martin 1961 1966 Joseph Peter Kinneary 1966 1969 Robert Draper 1969 1969 Roger Makley 1969 1977 William Milligan 1977 1978 James Rattan 1978 1982 James Cissell 1982 1985 Christopher Barnes 1985 1986 Anthony Nyktas 1986 1993 Michael Crites 1993 1993 Barbara Beran 1993 1996 Edmund A. Sargus Jr. 1996 1997 Dale Goldberg 1997 2001 Sharon Zealey 2001 2001 Salvador Dominguez 2001 2009 Gregory Lockhart 2009 2016 Carter M. Stewart 2016 2019 Benjamin C. Glassman (Acting) 2019 2021 David M. DeVillers20212021Vipal J. Patel (Acting)20212025Kenneth L. Parker20252025Kelly A. Norris (Acting)2025Dominick Gerace II

See also Courts of Ohio List of current United States district judges List of United States federal courthouses in Ohio United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio United States federal judicial district

Notes

External links The court's official site U.S. Attorney's site, with map of district