Court Type: | district |
Court Name: | United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida |
Abbreviation: | N.D. Fla. |
Seal Size: | 150 |
Map Image Width: | 150 |
Location: | Tallahassee |
Location1: | Gainesville |
Location2: | Panama City |
Courthouse3: | Winston E. Arnow Federal Building |
Location3: | Pensacola |
Location4: | Marianna |
Appeals To: | Eleventh Circuit |
Established: | February 23, 1847 |
Judges Assigned: | 4 |
Chief: | Mark E. Walker |
Us Attorney: | Jason R. Coody |
Us Marshal: | R. Don Ladner Jr. |
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida (in case citations, N.D. Fla.) is a federal court in the Eleventh 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 February 23, 1847, with the division of the state into a Northern and Southern district.[1]
the United States attorney for the District is Jason R. Coody.[2]
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida is one of three federal judicial districts in Florida. Court for the District is held at Gainesville, Panama City, Pensacola, and Tallahassee. The court serves approximately 1.75 million people.[3]
Gainesville Division comprises the following counties: Alachua, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, and Levy.
Panama City Division comprises the following counties: Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington.
Pensacola Division comprises the following counties: Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton.
Tallahassee Division comprises the following counties: Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla.