United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia is a federal court in the Fourth Circuit.

[edit] Organization of the court

Under 28 U.S.C. § 129, West Virginia consists of two federal judicial districts, each with statutory divisions. The Northern District comprises the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, and Wetzel. Court for the Northern District is held at Clarksburg, Elkins, Martinsburg and Wheeling.

The current Chief Judge of the District is Judge Irene M. Keeley.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of West Virginia represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

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