United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (N.D. Iowa)
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Appeals to	Eighth Circuit
Established	July 20, 1882
Judges assigned	2
Chief judge	Linda R. Reade
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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (in case citations, N.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over fifty-two of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (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 District Court for the District of Iowa, established on March 3, 1845, by 5 Stat. 789,^[1][2] was subdivided into the current Northern and Southern Districts on July 20, 1882, by 22 Stat. 172.^[2]

Presently, the court has two district judges, Chief Judge Linda R. Reade and Leonard T. Strand. There are also two senior judges, Edward J. McManus and Mark W. Bennett, and two magistrate judges, Jon S. Scoles and C.J. Williams.

It is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with a satellite courthouse in Sioux City. Stephanie M. Rose served as the United States Attorney from 2009 to 2012, she was later commissioned to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on September 17, 2012.

The current United States Attorney is Kevin W. Techau.

Current Judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
11	Chief Judge	Linda R. Reade	Cedar Rapids	1948	2002–present	2007–present	—	G.W. Bush
12	District Judge	Leonard Terry Strand	Sioux City	1965	2016–present	—	—	Obama
5	Senior Judge	Edward Joseph McManus	Cedar Rapids	1920	1962–1985	1962–1985	1985–present	Kennedy
10	Senior Judge	Mark W. Bennett	Sioux City	1950	1994–2015	1999–2006	2015–present	Clinton

Former Judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Age at appointment	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Shiras, Oliver PerryOliver Perry Shiras	IA	1833–1916	1882–1903	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Arthur, Arthur	retirement
2	Reed, Henry ThomasHenry Thomas Reed	IA	1846–1924	1904–1921	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	1921–1924	Roosevelt, T.T. Roosevelt	death
3	Scott, George CromwellGeorge Cromwell Scott	IA	1864–1948	1922–1943	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	1943–1948	Harding, Harding	death
4	Graven, Henry NormanHenry Norman Graven	IA	1893–1970	1944–1961	1961	{{{age at appointment}}}	1961–1970	Roosevelt, F.F. Roosevelt	death
6	Hanson, William CookWilliam Cook Hanson	IA	1909–1995	1962–1977	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	1977–1995	Kennedy, Kennedy	death
7	O'Brien, Donald EugeneDonald Eugene O'Brien	IA	1923–2015	1978–1992	1985–1992	{{{age at appointment}}}	1992–2015	Carter, Carter	death
8	Hansen, David RasmussenDavid Rasmussen Hansen	IA	1939–present	1986–1991	—	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Reagan, Reagan	reappointment
9	Melloy, Michael JosephMichael Joseph Melloy	IA	1948–present	1992–2002	1992–1999	{{{age at appointment}}}	—	Bush, G.H.W.G.H.W. Bush	reappointment

Succession of seats

Seat 1 Seat established on July 20, 1882 by 22 Stat. 172 Shiras 1882–1903 Reed 1904–1921 Scott 1922–1943 Graven 1944–1961 McManus 1962–1985 Hansen 1986–1991 Melloy 1992–2002 Reade 2002–present

Seat 2 Seat established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80 (concurrent with Southern District) Hanson 1962–1977 O'Brien 1978–1992 Seat reassigned solely to Northern District on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089 Bennett 1994–2015 Strand 2016–present

See also

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

References

1. Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 394.
2. U.S. District Courts of Iowa, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Main page
• Makeup
• US Attorney