United States District Court for the District of Vermont

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The United States District Court for the District of Vermont is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, and Rutland. The Court was created under the Judiciary Act 1791 under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Circuit Court. Under the Judiciary Act 1801, the Circuits were reorganised and this Court was assigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit where it has remained since. Originally created with one Judgeship, in 1966 a second Judgeship was added.

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Thomas D. Anderson.

1 Judges
2 List of former judges
3 External links
4 Sources

[edit] Judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
18	Chief Judge	William K. Sessions III	VT	1947	1995–present	2002-present	(none)	Clinton
17	District Judge	John Garvan Murtha	VT	1941	1995–present	1995-2002	(none)	Clinton
15	Senior District Judge	Franklin S. Billings, Jr.	VT	1922	1984–1994	1988-1991	1994-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	Nathaniel Chipman	VT	1752-1843	1791–1793	(none)	(none)	Washington	resignation
2	Samuel Hitchcock	VT	1755-1813	1793–1801	(none)	(none)	Washington	elevation to Second Circuit
3	Elijah Paine	VT	1757-1842	1801–1842	(none)	(none)	Adams	resignation
4	Samuel Prentiss	VT	1782-1857	1842–1857	(none)	(none)	Tyler	death
5	David Allen Smalley	VT	1809-1877	1857–1877	(none)	(none)	Pierce	death
6	Hoyt Henry Wheeler	VT	1833-1906	1877–1906	(none)	(none)	Hayes	retirement
7	James Loren Martin	VT	1846-1915	1906–1915	(none)	(none)	T. Roosevelt	death
8	Harland Bradley Howe	VT	1873-1946	1915–1940	(none)	1940-1945	Wilson	retirement
9	James Patrick Leamy	VT	1892-1949	1940–1949	(none)	(none)	F. Roosevelt	death
10	Ernest William Gibson, Jr.	VT	1901-1969	1949–1969	1966-1969	(none)	Truman	death
11	Bernard Joseph Leddy	VT	1910-1972	1966–1972	1969-1972	(none)	L. Johnson	death
12	James Lowell Oakes	VT	1924-2007	1970–1971	(none)	(none)	Nixon	elevation to Second Circuit
13	James Stuart Holden	VT	1914-1996	1971–1984	1972-1983	1984-1996	Nixon	death
14	Albert Wheeler Coffrin	VT	1919-1993	1972–1989	1983-1988	1989-1993	Nixon	death
16	Fred I. Parker	VT	1938-2003	1990–1994	1991-1994	(none)	G. H. W. Bush	elevation to Second Circuit

[edit] External links

[edit] Sources

Federal Judicial Center

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