United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio


The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio is one of two United States district courts in Ohio and includes forty-eight of the state's eighty-eight counties. Appeals from the court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at Cincinnati.
The court is divided into two divisions. The Eastern Division, which sits in the Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse at Columbus, serves the counties of Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Union, Vinton, and Washington
The Western Division sits at both Cincinnati and Dayton. Cases from the counties of Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Lawrence, Scioto, and Warren are heard at Cincinnati in the Potter Stewart United States Courthouse. Cases from the counties of Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby are heard at Dayton.
The United States Attorney's Office of the Southern District of Ohio represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of October 28, 2019, the United States Attorney is David M. DeVillers. On February 12, 2014, Peter C. Tobin was confirmed to be the United States Marshal.

History

The United States District Court for the District of Ohio was established on February 19, 1803, by. The act of authorized one judgeship for the court. The district court in Ohio, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. By the act of February 24, 1807,, the authority of the Ohio district court to exercise the jurisdiction of a U.S. circuit court was repealed, and Ohio was assigned to the newly organized Seventh Circuit. It also provided for a U.S. circuit court for the District of Ohio.
The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on February 10, 1855, by. The district judge serving the District of Ohio, Humphrey H. Leavitt, was reassigned to the Southern District of Ohio.
On July 23, 1866, by, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Ohio to the Sixth Circuit. Additional judgeships were created in 1910, 1937, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1984, and 1990.

Current judges


Vacancies and pending nominations

SeatPrior Judge's Duty StationSeat last held byVacancy reasonDate of vacancyNomineeDate of nomination
5CincinnatiMichael Ryan BarrettSenior statusFebruary 15, 2019Michael J. NewmanMarch 3, 2020

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

United States Attorneys

Term startTerm endUnited States Attorney
18551856Hugh J. Jewett
18561858John O'Neill
18581861Stanley Matthews
18611865Flamen Ball
18651866Richard Corwine
18661869Durbin Ward
18691877Warner Bateman
18771885Channing Richards
18851887Philip Kumler
18871889William Burnet
18891894John Herron
18941898Harlan Cleveland
18981903William Bundy
19031916Sherman McPherson
19161920Stuart Bolin
19201922James Clark
19221923Thomas Morrow
19231925Benson W. Hough
19251934Haveth Mau
19341939Francis Canny
19391939James Cleveland
19391944Leo Crawford
19441946Byron B. Harlan
19461953Ray O'Donnell
19531961Hugh Martin
19611966Joseph Peter Kinneary
19661969Robert Draper
19691969Roger Makley
19691977William Milligan
19771978James Rattan
19781982James Cissell
19821985Christopher Barnes
19851986Anthony Nyktas
19861993Michael Crites
19931993Barbara Beran
19931996Edmund A. Sargus Jr.
19961997Dale Goldberg
19972001Sharon Zealey
20012001Salvador Dominguez
20012009Gregory Lockhart
20092016Carter M. Stewart
20162019Benjamin C. Glassman
2019PresentDavid M. DeVillers