United States District Court for the District of Vermont

United States District Court for the District of Vermont (D. Vt.)
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Appeals to	Second Circuit
Established	March 2, 1791
Judges assigned	2
Chief judge	Christina Reiss
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The United States District Court for the District of Vermont (in case citations, D. Vt.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the federal district of Vermont. The court has locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, and Rutland. The Court was created under the Judiciary Act of 1791 under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Circuit Court. Under the Midnight Judges Act, 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.

Appeals from the District of Vermont are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

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 Eric Miller.

Current judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
19	Chief Judge	Christina Reiss	Burlington	1962	2009–present	2010–present	—	Obama
20	District Judge	Geoffrey W. Crawford	Rutland	1954	2014–present	—	—	Obama
17	Senior Judge	John Garvan Murtha	Brattleboro	1941	1995–2009	1995–2002	2009–present	Clinton
18	Senior Judge	William K. Sessions III	Burlington	1947	1995–2014	2002–2010	2014-present	Clinton

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Age at appointment	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Chipman, NathanielNathaniel Chipman	VT	1752–1843	1791–1793	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Washington, Washington	resignation
2	Hitchcock, SamuelSamuel Hitchcock	VT	1755–1813	1793–1801	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Washington, Washington	reappointment
3	Paine, ElijahElijah Paine	VT	1757–1842	1801–1842	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Adams, J.J. Adams	resignation
4	Prentiss, SamuelSamuel Prentiss	VT	1782–1857	1842–1857	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Tyler, Tyler	death
5	Smalley, David AllenDavid Allen Smalley	VT	1809–1877	1857–1877	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Pierce, Pierce	death
6	Wheeler, Hoyt HenryHoyt Henry Wheeler	VT	1833–1906	1877–1906	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Hayes, Hayes	retirement
7	Martin, James LorenJames Loren Martin	VT	1846–1915	1906–1915	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Roosevelt, T.T. Roosevelt	death
8	Howe, Harland BradleyHarland Bradley Howe	VT	1873–1946	1915–1940	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	1940–1945	Wilson, Wilson	retirement
9	Leamy, James PatrickJames Patrick Leamy	VT	1892–1949	1940–1949	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt	death
10	Gibson, Jr., Ernest W.Ernest W. Gibson, Jr.	VT	1901–1969	1949–1969	1966–1969	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Truman, Truman	death
11	Leddy, Bernard JosephBernard Joseph Leddy	VT	1910–1972	1966–1972	1969–1972	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Johnson, L.L. Johnson	death
12	Oakes, James L.James L. Oakes	VT	1924–2007	1970–1971	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Nixon, Nixon	reappointment
13	Holden, James StuartJames Stuart Holden	VT	1914–1996	1971–1984	1972–1983	{{{age at appointment}}}	1984–1996	Nixon, Nixon	death
14	Coffrin, Albert WheelerAlbert Wheeler Coffrin	VT	1919–1993	1972–1989	1983–1988	{{{age at appointment}}}	1989–1993	Nixon, Nixon	death
15	Billings, Jr., Franklin S.Franklin S. Billings, Jr.	VT	1922–2014	1984–1994	1988–1991	{{{age at appointment}}}	1994–2014	Reagan	death
16	Parker, Fred I.Fred I. Parker	VT	1938–2003	1990–1994	1991–1994	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Bush, G.H.W.G.H.W. Bush	reappointment

Succession of seats

Seat 1 Seat established on March 2, 1791 by 1 Stat. 197 Chipman 1791–1793 Hitchcock 1793–1801 Paine 1801–1842 Prentiss 1842–1857 Smalley 1857–1877 Wheeler 1877–1906 Martin 1906–1915 Howe 1915–1940 Leamy 1940–1949 Gibson, Jr. 1950–1969 Oakes 1970–1971 Holden 1971–1984 Billings, Jr. 1984–1994 Murtha 1995–2009 Reiss 2009–present

Seat 2 Seat established on March 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75 Leddy 1966–1972 Coffrin 1972–1989 Parker 1990–1994 Sessions, III 1995–2014 Crawford 2014–present

See also

• Courts of Vermont
• List of United States federal courthouses in Vermont

Notes

External links

• United States District Court for the District of Vermont Official Website
• United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Official Website