| Court Type: | district |
| Court Name: | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas |
| Abbreviation: | E.D. Ark. |
| Seal: | Arkansas-eastern.png |
| Seal Size: | 150 |
| Map Image Width: | 150 |
| Courthouse: | Richard Sheppard Arnold U.S. Post Office and Courthouse |
| Location: | Little Rock |
| Courthouse1: | Jacob Trieber Federal Building, United States Post Office, and United States Court House |
| Location1: | Helena |
| Location2: | Jonesboro |
| Appeals To: | Eighth Circuit |
| Established: | March 3, 1851 |
| Judges Assigned: | 5 |
| Chief: | Kristine Baker |
| Us Attorney: | Jonathan D. Ross |
| Us Marshal: | vacant |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (in case citations, E.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The District was established on March 3, 1851, with the division of the state into an Eastern and Western district.[1]
The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the United States attorney is Jonathan D. Ross.[2]
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is one of two federal judicial districts in Arkansas. Court for the District is held at Helena, Jonesboro, and Little Rock.
Central Division comprises the following counties: Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Drew, Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Stone, Van Buren, White, and Yell.
Delta Division comprises the following counties: Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, and St. Francis.
Northern Division comprises the following counties: Clay, Craighead, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, and Woodruff.
See main article: List of United States attorneys for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Recent former US Attorneys for the district
See also: Dismissal of US attorneys controversy.