United States District Court for the Northern District of New York

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Court's main offices in Syracuse

The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (in case citations, N.D.N.Y.) serves one of the 94 judicial districts in the United States and one of four in the state of New York. Appeals from the Northern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which has jurisdiction over the four districts of New York, the District of Connecticut and the District of Vermont (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The U.S. attorney for the district is Carla B. Freedman since October 8, 2021.

Its jurisdiction comprises the counties of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, and Washington.

The court's main offices are in Syracuse, however, the court has additional offices in Albany, Binghamton, Plattsburgh, and Utica. The court also maintains facilities in Watertown. The court accepts filings from members of the bar through an automated case management system CM/ECF over the Internet.

History

The first federal court district formed under the sovereignty of the United States was the District of New York. The District Court for the District of New York convened on November 3, 1789, with Judge James Duane presiding. On April 9, 1814, that original district split into the Northern and Southern Districts of New York; the first federal judge of the District Court for the Northern District of New York was Matthias Burnett Tallmadge. The Northern District's western area split off in 1900 and became the Western District of New York. The Northern District now covers thirty-two counties in upstate New York, and it shares its long northern border with Canada.

Current judges

Template:As of:

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
27	Chief Judge	Brenda K. Sannes	Syracuse	1958	2014–present	2022–present	—	Obama
26	District Judge	Mae D'Agostino	Albany	1954	2011–present	—	—	Obama
28	District Judge	Anne M. Nardacci	Albany	1977	2022–present	—	—	Biden
29	District Judge	Elizabeth C. Coombe	Syracuse	1967	2024–present	—	—	Biden
30	District Judge	Anthony Brindisi	Utica	1978	2024–present	—	—	Biden
17	Senior Judge	Thomas James McAvoy	Binghamton	1938	1986–2003	1993–2000	2003–present	Reagan
19	Senior Judge	Frederick Scullin	Syracuse	1939	1992–2006	2000–2006	2006–present	G.H.W. Bush
21	Senior Judge	Lawrence E. Kahn	Albany	1937	1996–2007	—	2007–present	Clinton
23	Senior Judge	David N. Hurd	Utica	1937	1999–2024	—	2024–present	Clinton
25	Senior Judge	Glenn T. Suddaby	Syracuse	1956	2008–2024	2015–2022	2024–present	G.W. Bush

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Template:Sortname	NY	1774–1819	1814–1819	—	—	Jefferson/Operation of law	resignation
2	Template:Sortname	NY	1773–1825	1819–1825	—	—	Template:Sortname	death
3	Template:Sortname	NY	1789–1874	1825–1852	—	—	Template:Sortname	resignation
4	Template:Sortname	NY	1810–1874	1852–1874	—	—	Template:Sortname	death
5	Template:Sortname	NY	1837–1917	1874–1882	—	—	Template:Sortname	elevation to 2d Cir.
6	Template:Sortname	NY	1847–1923	1882–1902	—	—	Template:Sortname	elevation to 2d Cir.
7	Template:Sortname	NY	1844–1925	1902–1925	—	—	Template:Sortname	death
8	Template:Sortname	NY	1869–1946	1920–1941	—	1941–1946	Template:Sortname	death
9	Template:Sortname	NY	1877–1945	1927–1945	—	—	Template:Sortname	death
10	Template:Sortname	NY	1893–1968	1942–1963	1948–1963	1963–1968	Template:Sortname	death
11	Template:Sortname	NY	1900–1971	1946–1948	—	—	Template:Sortname	resignation
12	Template:Sortname	NY	1910–1990	1949–1980	1963–1980	1980–1990	Template:Sortname	death
13	Template:Sortname	NY	1906–1986	1964–1976	—	1976–1986	Template:Sortname	death
14	Template:Sortname	NY	1924–2008	1976–1990	1980–1988	1990–2008	Template:Sortname	death
15	Template:Sortname	NY	1926–2014	1979–1993	1988–1993	1993–2014	Template:Sortname	death
16	Template:Sortname	NY	1934–2012	1981–1985	—	—	Template:Sortname	elevation to 2d Cir.
18	Template:Sortname	NY	1930–1996	1986–1996	—	1996	Template:Sortname	death
20	Template:Sortname	NY	1938–2023	1994–1998	—	—	Template:Sortname	elevation to 2d Cir.
22	Template:Sortname	NY	1942–2022	1998–2013	2006–2011	2013–2022	Template:Sortname	death
24	Template:Sortname	NY	1947–2024	2004–2016	2011–2015	2016–2024	Template:Sortname	death

Chief judges

Chief Judge
Brennan	1948–1963
Foley	1963–1980
Munson	1980–1988
McCurn	1988–1993
McAvoy	1993–2000
Scullin	2000–2006
Mordue	2006–2011
Sharpe	2011–2015
Suddaby	2015–2022
Sannes	2022–present

Succession of seats

Tallmadge 1814–1819 Skinner 1819–1825 Conkling 1825–1852 Hall 1852–1874 Wallace 1874–1882 Coxe, Sr. 1882–1902 Ray 1902–1925

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Seat 2
Seat established on June 3, 1920 pursuant to the provisions 40 Stat. 1156 (temporary)
Seat became permanent upon the abolition of Seat 1 on January 10, 1925
Cooper	1920–1941
Brennan	1942–1963
Port	1964–1976
Munson	1976–1990
Pooler	1994–1998
Mordue	1998–2013
Sannes	2014–present

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Seat 3
Seat established on March 3, 1927 by 44 Stat. 1374
Bryant	1927–1945
Kampf	1946–1948
Foley	1949–1980
Miner	1981–1985
Cholakis	1986–1996
Hurd	1999–2024
Brindisi	2024–present

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Seat 4
Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
McCurn	1979–1993
Kahn	1996–2007
Suddaby	2008–2024
Coombe	2024–present

Seat 5
Seat established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333
McAvoy	1986–2003
Sharpe	2004–2016
Nardacci	2022–present

Seat 6
Seat established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089 (temporary)
Seat made permanent on November 2, 2002 by 116 Stat. 1758
Scullin, Jr.	1992–2006
D'Agostino	2011–present

See also

• Courts of New York
• List of current United States district judges
• List of United States federal courthouses in New York
• United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York

External links

• United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Official Website
• United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York Official Website