United States District Court for the District of North Dakota

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The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota, is the United States District Court or the Federal district court, whose jurisdiction is the state of North Dakota. The court has locations at Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Minot. The district was created in 1889, when the Dakota Territory was divided into North Dakota and South Dakota.

In 1921, a second temporary judgeship was authorised, however, this was never made permanent and the judgeship expired in 1928. In 1954, a second permanent judgeship was authorised, and the strength of the court has remained unchanged since.

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of North Dakota represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Appeals from the Court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

[edit] Judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
11	Chief Judge	Daniel L. Hovland	ND	1954	2002–present	2002-present	(none)	G. W. Bush
12	District Judge	Ralph R. Erickson	ND	1959	2003–present	(none)	(none)	G. W. Bush
8	Senior District Judge	Bruce Marion Van Sickle	ND	1917	1971–1985	(none)	1985-present	Nixon
9	Senior District Judge	Patrick Anthony Conmy	ND	1934	1985-2000	1985-1992	2000-present	Reagan
10	Senior District Judge	Rodney Scott Webb	ND	1935	1987-2001	1993-2001	2001-present	Reagan

[edit] List of former judges

#	Judge	State	Born/Died	Active service	Term as Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Arthur Develan Thomas	VT	1837-1896	1890–1896	(none)	(none)	B. Harrison	death
2	Charles Fremont Amidon	VT	1856-1937	1896–1928	(none)	1928-1937	Cleveland	death
3	Andrew Miller	VT	1870-1960	1922–1941	(none)	1941-1960	Harding	death
4	Charles Joseph Vogel	VT	1898-1980	1941–1954	1954	(none)	F. Roosevelt	Elevation to Circuit Court

Ronald Norwood Davies (1955-1996)
George Scott Register (1955-1972)
Paul Benson (1971-2004)

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