United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (N.D. Iowa)
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Appeals to	Eighth Circuit
Established	July 20, 1882
Judges assigned	2
Chief judge	Linda R. Reade
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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 5 Stat. 789,^[1][2] was subdivided into the current Northern and Southern Districts on July 20, 1882, by 22 Stat. 172.^[2]

Presently, the court has two district judges, Chief Judge Linda R. Reade and Judge Mark W. Bennett. There are also two senior judges, Edward J. McManus and Donald E. O'Brien and two magistrate judges, Chief Magistrate Judge Paul A. Zoss and Magistrate Judge Jon Stuart Scoles.

It is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with satellite facilities in Fort Dodge and Sioux City. Stephanie M. Rose is the current United States Attorney.

Current Judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
11	Chief Judge	Linda R. Reade	Cedar Rapids	1948	2002–present	2006–present	—	G.W. Bush
10	District Judge	Mark W. Bennett	Sioux City	1950	1994–present	1999–2006	—	Clinton
5	Senior District Judge	Edward Joseph McManus	Cedar Rapids	1920	1962–1985	1962–1985	1985–present	Kennedy
7	Senior District Judge	Donald Eugene O'Brien	Sioux City	1923	1978–1992	1985–1992	1992–present	Carter

Former Judges

#	Judge	State	Born/Died	Active service	Term as Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Shiras, Oliver PerryOliver Perry Shiras	IA	1833–1916	1882–1903	(none)	(none)	Arthur, Arthur	retirement
2	Reed, Henry ThomasHenry Thomas Reed	IA	1846–1924	1904–1921	(none)	1921–1924	Roosevelt, T.T. Roosevelt	death
3	Scott, George CromwellGeorge Cromwell Scott	IA	1864–1948	1922–1943	(none)	1943–1948	Harding, Harding	death
4	Graven, Henry NormanHenry Norman Graven	IA	1893–1970	1944–1961	1961	1961–1970	Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt	death
6	Hanson, William CookWilliam Cook Hanson	IA	1909–1995	1962–1977	(none)	1977–1995	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
8	Hansen, David RasmussenDavid Rasmussen Hansen	IA	1939–present	1986–1991	(none)	(none)	Reagan, Reagan	appointment to 8th Cir.
9	Melloy, Michael JosephMichael Joseph Melloy	IA	1948–present	1992–2002	1992–1999	(none)	Bush, G.H.W.G.H.W. Bush	appointment to 8th Cir.

See also

• Courts of Iowa
• List of United States federal courthouses in Iowa

References

1. ^ Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 394.
2. ^ ^{a b} U.S. District Courts of Iowa, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Main page
• Makeup
• US Attorney