United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma explained

Court Type:district
Court Name:United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Abbreviation:E.D. Okla.
Seal Size:150
Map Image Width:150
Courthouse:Ed Edmondson U.S. Courthouse
Location:Muskogee
Location1:Ada
Location2:Ardmore
Location3:Durant
Location4:Hugo
Location5:Okmulgee
Location6:Poteau
Location7:McAlester
Appeals To:Tenth Circuit
Established:June 16, 1906
Judges Assigned:2
Chief:Ronald A. White
Us Attorney:Christopher Wilson (interim)
Us Marshal:Kerry L. Pettingill

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (in case citations, E.D. Okla. or E.D. Ok.) is a federal court in the Tenth 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 June 16, 1906, and became operational on November 16, 1907, with Oklahoma achieving statehood.[1]

The court's jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Love, Marshall, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Wagoner.

The court is housed in the Ed Edmondson U.S. Courthouse in Muskogee.

The United States Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Oklahoma represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the interim United States attorney for the district is Christopher Wilson.[2]

History

Judge Frank Howell Seay, appointed to the court by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, was the first Native American (Seminole) appointed to any U.S. district court.

Current judges

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.fjc.gov/history/courts/u.s.-district-courts-districts-oklahoma-legislative-history U.S. District Courts of Oklahoma
  2. Web site: January 3, 2022 . Meet the U.S. Attorney . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121045907/https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/meet-us-attorney . January 21, 2022.