United States District Court for the District of Columbia

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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the High Court of American Samoa, it also sometimes handles federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court.[1]

Appeals from the District Court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit.

The acting United States attorney for the District of Columbia is Jeanine Pirro.

History

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E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse at 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

The court was established by Congress in 1863 as the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, replacing the abolished circuit and district courts of the District of Columbia that had been in place since 1801. The court consisted of four justices, including a chief justice, and was granted the same powers and jurisdiction as the earlier circuit court. Any of the justices could convene a United States circuit court or a local criminal court. In 1936, Congress renamed the court the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Its current name was adopted in 1948, and from then on justices were known as judges.[2]

Originally housed in the former District of Columbia City Hall, the court now sits in the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C. The District has no local district attorney or equivalent, and so local prosecutorial matters also fall into the jurisdiction of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Assistant United States attorneys (AUSAs) are tasked with prosecution of not only federal crimes but also crimes that would normally be left to the state prosecutor's discretion. The District Court has the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation, with around 250 assistant U.S. attorneys.

Current judges

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# Title Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by
Active Chief Senior
98 Chief Judge James Boasberg Washington, D.C. 1963 2011–present 2023–present — Obama
100 District Judge Rudolph Contreras Washington, D.C. 1962 2012–present — — Obama
102 District Judge Christopher R. Cooper Washington, D.C. 1966 2014–present — — Obama
103 District Judge Tanya Chutkan Washington, D.C. 1962 2014–present — — Obama
104 District Judge Randolph Moss Washington, D.C. 1961 2014–present — — Obama
105 District Judge Amit Mehta Washington, D.C. 1971 2014–present — — Obama
106 District Judge Timothy J. Kelly Washington, D.C. 1969 2017–present — — Trump
107 District Judge Trevor N. McFadden Washington, D.C. 1978 2017–present — — Trump
108 District Judge Dabney Friedrich Washington, D.C. 1967 2017–present — — Trump
109 District Judge Carl J. Nichols Washington, D.C. 1970 2019–present — — Trump
111 District Judge Jia M. Cobb Washington, D.C. 1980 2021–present — — Biden
112 District Judge Ana C. Reyes Washington, D.C. 1974 2023–present — — Biden
113 District Judge Loren AliKhan Washington, D.C. 1983 2023–present — — Biden
114 District Judge Amir Ali Washington, D.C. 1985 2024–present — — Biden
115 District Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan Washington, D.C. 1983 2025–present — — Biden
77 Senior Judge Thomas F. Hogan inactive 1938 1982–2008 2001–2008 2008–present Reagan
81 Senior Judge Royce Lamberth Washington, D.C.
San Antonio, Texas[Note 1] 		1943 1987–2013 2008–2013 2013–present Reagan
83 Senior Judge Paul L. Friedman Washington, D.C. 1944 1994–2009 — 2009–present Clinton
85 Senior Judge Emmet G. Sullivan Washington, D.C. 1947 1994–2021 — 2021–present Clinton
88 Senior Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Washington, D.C. 1943 1997–2023 — 2023–present Clinton
89 Senior Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. inactive 1948 1997–2011 — 2011–present Clinton
90 Senior Judge Richard W. Roberts inactive 1953 1998–2016 2013–2016 2016–present Clinton
91 Senior Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle inactive 1948 1999–2014 — 2014–present Clinton
92 Senior Judge Reggie Walton Washington, D.C. 1949 2001–2015 — 2015–present G.W. Bush
93 Senior Judge John D. Bates Washington, D.C. 1946 2001–2014 — 2014–present G.W. Bush
94 Senior Judge Richard J. Leon Washington, D.C. 1949 2002–2016 — 2016–present G.W. Bush
95 Senior Judge Rosemary M. Collyer inactive 1945 2002–2016 — 2016–present G.W. Bush
96 Senior Judge Beryl Howell Washington, D.C. 1956 2010–2024 2016–2023 2024–present Obama
99 Senior Judge Amy Berman Jackson Washington, D.C. 1954 2011–2023 — 2023–present Obama

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  1. ↑ Judge Lamberth has sat with the Western District of Texas for several months each year since 2015.

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Former judges

# Judge State Born–died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for
termination
1 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1812–1887 1863–1887 1863–1887 — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
2 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1817–1899 1863–1870 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
3 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1808–1879 1863–1879 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
4 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1814–1905 1863[Note 1]
1863–1885[Note 2] 		— — Script error: No such module "Sort".
Script error: No such module "Sort". 		confirmation reconsidered
retirement
5 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1817–1879 1870–1879 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
6 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1815–1896 1870–1887 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
7 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1826–1915 1879–1903 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
8 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1826–1902 1879–1899 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
9 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1818–1899 1879–1892[Note 3] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
10 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1818–1889 1885–1889[Note 4] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
11 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1840–1898 1887–1892[Note 5] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
12 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1828–1907 1887–1903[Note 6] 1887–1903 — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
13 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1844–1902 1889–1902 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
14 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1846–1907 1892–1899[Note 7] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
15 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1841–1905 1893–1901 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
16 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1856–1914 1899–1903 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". appointment as chief justice
16.1 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1856–1914 1903–1914[Note 8] 1903–1914 — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
17 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1844–1923 1899–1914[Note 9] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
18 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1848–1916 1901–1916[Note 10] — — Script error: No such module "Sort".[Note 11]
Script error: No such module "Sort".[Note 12] 		death
19 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1859–1921 1902–1921 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
20 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1857–1921 1903–1904 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to 4th Cir.
21 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1864–1943 1903–1914 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
22 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1861–1953 1904–1931[Note 13] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
23 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1870–1942 1914–1918 1914–1918 — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
24 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1859–1933 1914–1918 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". appointment as chief justice
24.1 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1859–1933 1918–1929 1918–1929 — Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
25 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1864–1931 1915–1931 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
26 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1872–1935 1916–1931[Note 14] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.
27 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1867–1963 1918–1950 — 1950–1963 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
28 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1868–1941 1921–1927 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
29 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1870–1946 1928–1941 — 1941–1946 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
30 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1867–1943 1929–1930 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". appointment as chief justice
30.1 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1867–1943 1930–1941 1930–1941 1941–1943 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
31 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1879–1955 1930–1946 — 1946–1955 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
32 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1879–1944 1930–1944 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
33 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1875–1939 1930–1939 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
34 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1882–1953 1931–1948 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.
35 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1875–1965 1931–1961[Note 15] 1958–1959 1961–1965 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
36 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1876–1948 1931–1946[Note 16] — 1946–1948 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
37 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1891–1958 1938–1945 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". appointment as chief justice
37.1 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1891–1958 1945–1948 1945–1948 — Script error: No such module "Sort". appointment as district judge
37.2 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1891–1958 1948–1958 1948–1958 — operation of law death
38 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1877–1951 1939–1951 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
39 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1890–1960 1939–1960 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
40 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1891–1970 1940–1965 1959–1961 1965–1970 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
41 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1898–1986 1941–1966 1961–1966 1966–1986 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
42 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1878–1944 1942–1944 1942–1944 — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
43 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1902–1970 1944–1956 — 1956–1970 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
44 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1886–1969 1945–1967 — 1967–1969 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
45 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1896–1986 1946–1966[Note 17] 1966 1966–1986 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
46 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1903–1988 1946–1971[Note 18] 1966–1971 1971–1988 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
47 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1906–1985 1948–1965[Note 19] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.
48 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1903–1958 1949–1958[Note 20] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
49 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1894–1988 1949–1968[Note 21] — 1968–1988 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
50 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1887–1976 1949–1964[Note 22] — 1964–1976 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
51 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1891–1975 1950–1954[Note 23] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.
52 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1896–1978 1951–1966 — 1966–1978 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
53 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1897–1975 1954–1967 — 1967–1975 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
54 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1904–1992 1957–1977 1971–1974 1977–1992 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
55 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1905–1984 1958–1979[Note 24] 1974–1975 1979–1984 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
56 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1904–1980 1959–1971 — 1971–1980 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
57 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1907–1979 1962–1977 1975–1977 1977–1979 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
58 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1916–1998 1964–1966[Note 25] — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.
59 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1906–1989 1965–1977 — 1977–1989 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
60 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1911–2005 1965–1982 1977–1981 1982–2005 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
61 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1906–1999 1965–1981 — 1981–1999 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
62 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1912–1992 1966–1983 1981–1982 1983–1992 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
63 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1922–2000 1966–1992 1982–1992 1992–2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
64 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1911–1978 1967–1978 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
65 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1910–1993 1967–1993 — 1993–1993 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
66 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1914–2001 1968–1984 — 1984–2001 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
67 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1910–1995 1968–1989 — 1989–1995 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
68 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1915–1993 1969–1985 — 1985–1993 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
69 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1923–1997 1971–1997 — 1997–1997 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
70 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1918–2007 1971–1985 — 1985–2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
71 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1919–2013 1977–1992 — 1992–2013 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
72 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1923–2000 1978–1995 — 1995–2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
73 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1932–2007 1979–1998 1992–1997 1998–2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
74 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1928–2024 1979–1995 — 1995–2024 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
75 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1932–2011 1980–2001 1997–2001 2001–2003 Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
76 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1937–2013 1982–2002 — 2002–2004 Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
78 Script error: No such module "Sort". MD 1927–2021 1983–1996 — 1996–2001 Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
79 Script error: No such module "Sort". VA 1929–1993 1985–1993 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". death
80 Script error: No such module "Sort". MD 1932–2020 1985–1999 — 1999–2000 Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
82 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1939–2025 1990–1992 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". resignation
84 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1938–2023 1994–2007 — 2007–2023 Script error: No such module "Sort". death
86 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1946–2024 1994–2011 — 2011–2012 Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
87 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1938–2019 1994–2008 — 2008–2010 Script error: No such module "Sort". retirement
97 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1963–present 2010–2014
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.
101 Script error: No such module "Sort". DC 1970–present 2013–2021 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.
110 Florence Y. Pan DC 1966–present 2021–2022 — — Script error: No such module "Sort". elevation to D.C. Cir.

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  1. ↑ Confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 1863; confirmation was reconsidered on March 13, 1863, with no subsequent vote; his nomination expired March 14, 1863.
  2. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 5, 1864; confirmed by the Senate on January 20 and received commission the same day.
  3. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 1, 1879, confirmed by the Senate December 10, 1879, and received commission the same day.
  4. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 14, 1885, confirmed by the Senate March 15, 1856, and received commission the same day.
  5. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1887, confirmed by the Senate January 26, 1888, and received commission the same day.
  6. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 20, 1887, confirmed by the Senate January 23, 1888, and received commission the same day.
  7. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 6, 1892, confirmed by the Senate January 25, 1893, and received commission the same day.
  8. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 10, 1903, confirmed by the Senate November 16, 1903, and received commission the same day.
  9. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated December 11, 1899, confirmed by the Senate December 19, 1899, and received commission the same day.
  10. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated December 5, 1901, confirmed by the Senate February 4, 1902, and received commission February 6, 1902.
  11. ↑ Judge Anderson was given a recess appointment by President McKinley.
  12. ↑ Judge Anderson was nominated by President McKinley but was appointed to the Court by (i.e., received his commission from) President Roosevelt.
  13. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated December 6, 1904, confirmed by the Senate December 13, 1904, and received commission the same day.
  14. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated December 15, 1916, confirmed by the Senate January 2, 1917, and received commission the same day.
  15. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated December 15, 1931, confirmed by the Senate February 17, 1932, and received commission February 20, 1932.
  16. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated December 15, 1931, confirmed by the Senate January 26, 1932, and received commission February 23, 1932.
  17. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 8, 1947, confirmed by the Senate January 22, 1947, and received commission January 24, 1947.
  18. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 8, 1947, confirmed by the Senate February 3, 1947, and received commission February 5, 1947.
  19. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 13, 1949, confirmed by the Senate March 29, 1949, and received commission April 1, 1949.
  20. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate March 8, 1950, and received commission March 9, 1950.
  21. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate April 4, 1950, and received commission April 7, 1950.
  22. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate February 27, 1950, and received commission March 1, 1950.
  23. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated November 27, 1950, confirmed by the Senate December 14, 1950, and received commission December 22, 1950.
  24. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated January 17, 1959, confirmed by the Senate September 9, 1959, and received commission September 10, 1959.
  25. ↑ Recess appointment; formally nominated February 3, 1964, confirmed by the Senate July 1, 1964, and received commission July 2, 1964.

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Chief judges

Chief
as Chief Justice
Cartter 1863–1887
Bingham 1887–1903
Clabaugh 1903–1914
Covington 1914–1918
McCoy 1918–1929
Wheat 1930–1941
Eicher 1942–1944
Laws 1945–1948
as Chief Judge
Laws 1948–1958
Letts 1958–1959
Pine 1959–1961
McGuire 1961–1966
Keech 1966
Curran 1966–1971
Sirica 1971–1974
Hart 1974–1975
Jones 1975–1977
Bryant 1977–1981
Smith 1981–1982
A. Robinson 1982–1992
Penn 1992–1997
Johnson 1997–2001
Hogan 2001–2008
Lamberth 2008–2013
Roberts 2013–2016
Howell 2016–2023
Boasberg 2023–present

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Succession of seats

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List of U.S. Attorneys

See also

References

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  1. ↑ https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-1124T U.S. Government Accountability Office. AMERICAN SAMOA: Issues Associated with Some Federal Court Options. September 18, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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External links

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