| Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse | |
| Location: | 940 Front Street San Diego, California United States |
| Completion Date: | 1975 |
| Owner: | General Services Administration |
| Floor Area: | 895000square feet |
| Client: | District Court for the Southern District of California |
The Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse is a courthouse building located in San Diego, California. It is a courthouse for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The 103rd Congress designated the building under H.R. 3770 in 1994, which became Public Law 103-228. The Courthouse is one of the busiest federal court houses in the nation.[1] The courthouse is 895,000 square feet.[1]
The building is named for District Court Judge Edward Joseph Schwartz.
On May 4, 2008, Rachel Lynn Carlock and her boyfriend Donny Love Sr. placed a backpack containing three pipe bombs at the front door. The bombs went off without injuring anyone and only shattering the doors to the courthouse.[2]
A proposed annex grew to become an additional federal court building, the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse.