U.S. Courthouse in downtown
Peoria (2008)
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois (in case citations, C.D. Ill.) serves the residents of forty-six counties from its four courthouses. The counties are: Adams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Kankakee, Knox, Livingston, Logan, McDonough, McLean, Macoupin, Macon, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Putnam, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, and Woodford counties.
The courthouses are in Peoria, Rock Island, Springfield, and Urbana.
Appeals are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The current United States Attorney is James A. Lewis.[1]
History
The United States District Court for the District of Illinois was established by a statute passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1819, 3 Stat. 502.[2][3] The act established a single office for a judge to preside over the court. Initially, the court was not within any existing judicial circuit, and appeals from the court were taken directly to the United States Supreme Court. In 1837, Congress created the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, placing it in Chicago, Illinois and giving it jurisdiction over the District of Illinois, 5 Stat. 176.[3]
On February 13, 1855, by 10 Stat. 606, the District of Illinois was subdivided into Northern and the Southern Districts.[3] An Eastern District was created on March 3, 1905 by 33 Stat. 992,[3] by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in a reorganization on October 2, 1978 which replaced it with the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois District, 92 Stat. 883.[3] The newly created Central District was formed primarily from parts of the Southern District, and returned some counties to the Northern District. Some judges from both the Eastern and Southern Districts were transferred to the Central District by operation of law.
Current judges
Former Judges
# |
Judge |
State |
Born/Died |
Active service |
Chief Judge |
Senior status |
Appointed by |
Reason for termination |
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Wise, Henry SeilerHenry Seiler Wise |
IL |
1909–1982 |
— |
— |
1979–1982[Note 1] |
Johnson, L.L. Johnson |
death |
1 |
Morgan, Robert DaleRobert Dale Morgan |
IL |
1912–2002 |
1979–1982[Note 2] |
1979–1982 |
1982–2002 |
Johnson, L.L. Johnson |
death |
2 |
Ackerman, James WaldoJames Waldo Ackerman |
IL |
1926–1984 |
1979–1984[Note 3] |
1982–1984 |
— |
Ford, Ford |
death |
7 |
McCuskey, Michael P.Michael P. McCuskey |
IL |
1948–present |
1998–2013 |
2004–2012[4] |
2013–2014 |
Clinton, Clinton |
retirement |
8 |
Scott, Jeanne E.Jeanne E. Scott |
IL |
1948–present |
1998–2010 |
— |
— |
Clinton, Clinton |
resignation |
- ↑ Reassigned from Eastern District
- ↑ Reassigned from Eastern District
- ↑ Reassigned from Eastern District
Succession of seats
Seat 1 |
Seat reassigned from Southern District on March 31, 1979 by 93 Stat. 6 |
Morgan | 1979–1982 |
Mihm | 1982–2009 |
Shadid | 2011–present |
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Seat 2 |
Seat reassigned from Southern District on March 31, 1979 by 93 Stat. 6 |
Ackerman | 1979–1984 |
Mills | 1985–1997 |
Scott | 1998–2010 |
Myerscough | 2011–present |
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Seat 3 |
Seat reassigned from Eastern District on March 31, 1979 by 93 Stat. 6 |
Baker | 1979–1994 |
McCuskey | 1998–2013 |
Bruce | 2013–present |
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Seat 4 |
Seat established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089 (temporary) |
Seat made permanent on November 2, 2002 by 116 Stat. 1758 |
McDade | 1991–2010 |
Darrow | 2011–present |
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See also
References
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