The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal court located in Richmond,Virginia,with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
William Cranch was a United States circuit judge and chief judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. A staunch Federalist and nephew of President John Adams,Cranch moved his legal practice from Massachusetts to the new national capital,where he became one of three city land commissioners for Washington,D.C.,and during his judicial service also was the 2nd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States and a Professor of law at Columbian College.
James Plemon Coleman was an American judge,the 52nd governor of Mississippi and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
David Lionel Bazelon was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Jesse Ernest Eschbach was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
John Decker Butzner Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Ralph Karl Winter Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Albert Vickers Bryan Jr. was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Gerald Bruce Lee is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr. is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. From 1992 to 2008,he served as a Judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri.
Spottswood William Robinson III was an American civil rights lawyer,jurist,and educator who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1966 to 1989. He previously served as a U.S. district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1964 to 1966.
Harvey Bartle III is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Walter DeKalb Kelley Jr. is an American jurist who served as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia from August 2004 to May 2008.
Robert James Cindrich is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Elijah Barrett Prettyman was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. His son was American attorney E. Barrett Prettyman Jr.
Glenn Leroy Archer Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mark Steven Davis is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Timothy Belcher Dyk is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
William James Lindberg was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Richard Sheppard Arnold was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas and then a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
