U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is comprised of the state of Maryland. Notable judges in this districtinclude William Paca, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.
Organization of the court
Under 28 U.S.C. § 100, Maryland consists of a single federal judicial district with two statutory divisions. The Southern Division includes Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary's counties and sits in Greenbelt. The Northern Division includes the rest of the state and sits in Baltimore, although the statute also provides for the court to sit in Cumberland and Denton.
U.S. Attorneys for the District of MarylandRichard Potts 1789-1792Zebulon Hollingsworth 1792-1806John Stephen 1806-1810Thomas B. Dorsey 1810-1812Elias Glenn 1812-1824Nathaniel Williams 1824-1841Z. Collins Lee 1841-1845William L. Marshall 1845-1850Z. Collins Lee 1850-1853William M. Addison 1853-1862William Price 1862? 1862-1878Archibald Sterling, Jr 1878-1886Thomas Gordon Hayes 1886-1890John T. Ensor 1890-1894William L. Marbury 1894-1898John C. Rose 1898-1910John P. Hill 1910-1915Samuel K. Dennis 1915-1920Robert R. Carman 1920-1922? 1922-1927Amos W. W. Woodcock 1927-1931Simon E. Sobeloff 1931-1934Bernard J. Flynn 1934-1953George C. Doub 1953-1956Walter E. Black, Jr 1956-1957Leon H. A. Pierson 1957-1961Joseph D. Tydings 1961-1963Robert H. Kernon 1963Thomas J. Kenney 1963-1967Stephen H. Sachs 1967-1970George Beall 1970-1975Jervis S. Finney 1975-1978Russell T. Baker 1978-1981Herbert Better 1981J. Frederick Motz 1981-1985Catherine C. Blake 1985-1986Breckinridge L. Willcox 1986-1991Richard D. Bennett 1991-1993Lynne Ann Battaglia 1993-2001Thomas M. DiBiagio 2001-2005Allen F. Loucks 2005-present
External linksUnited States District Court for the District of Maryland Official WebsiteUnited States Attorney for the District of Maryland Official Website
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