The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district. Each district covers one U.S. state or a portion of a state. There is at least one federal courthouse in each district,and many districts have more than one. District court decisions are appealed to the U.S. court of appeals for the circuit in which they reside,except for certain specialized cases that are appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
James Charles Kopp is an American who was convicted in 2003 for the 1998 sniper-style murder of Barnett Slepian,an American OB-GYN physician from Amherst,New York who performed abortions. Prior to his capture,Kopp was on the FBI's list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. On June 7,1999,he had become the 455th fugitive placed on the list by the FBI. He was affiliated with the militant Roman Catholic anti-abortion group known as The Lambs of Christ.
Susan Beth Richard Nelson is a senior United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She was previously a United States magistrate judge with the same court.
Pierre Nelson Leval is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. At the time of his appointment by President Bill Clinton in 1993,he was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Denny Chin is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,based in New York City. He was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before joining the federal appeals bench. President Bill Clinton nominated Chin to the district court on March 24,1994,and Chin was confirmed August 9 of that same year. On October 6,2009,President Barack Obama nominated Chin to the Second Circuit. He was confirmed on April 22,2010,by the United States Senate,filling the vacancy created by Judge Robert D. Sack who assumed senior status. Chin was the first Asian American appointed as a United States District Judge outside of the Ninth Circuit.
Tucker Lee Melançon is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Charles Joseph Siragusa is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Michael Adrian Ponsor is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He serves in the court's western region,in the city of Springfield.
Gary Lawrence Sharpe was an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York.
James Block Zagel was an American judge and attorney. After a stint as a prosecutor,he became a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1987,assuming senior status in 2016. He presided over numerous high-profile trials,including those of several members of the Chicago Outfit and the corruption trial of former Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. Zagel also sat on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2008 to 2015.
Paul David Borman is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan,having been appointed in 1994. Borman was earlier an assistant United States attorney,and Special Counsel to the Mayor of Detroit. For 15 years thereafter,he was chief federal defender of the Legal Aid &Defender Association of Detroit from 1979 to 1994. When he was appointed to be a federal judge,he became the first federal defender to be appointed to the federal bench. He was also a Professor and Assistant Dean at Wayne State University Law School,and an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Michigan Law School.
John Thomas Curtin was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York from 1967 to 2017 and its Chief Judge from 1974 to 1989.
Kenneth Michael Hoyt is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Richard Anthony Jones is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. He previously served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for King County,Washington,attorney for the Port of Seattle,and assistant United States attorney in the region,in addition to private practice.
Earl Richard Larson was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Richard Paul Matsch was an American judge who served as Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
William Marion Skretny is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
For the 19th-century baseball player,see Frank Whitney (baseball).
Frank Paul Geraci Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
Lawrence Joseph Vilardo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York.
