United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is a federal district court in Indiana. It was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. The Southern District is divided into four divisions, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Evansville, and New Albany. Appeals from the Southern District of Indiana are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The court has five judges, four full-time United States magistrate judges and two part-time magistrate judges.
The courtrooms are located in the Birch Bayh Federal Building in Indianapolis.
The current United States Attorney is Joshua Minkler.History
The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by. Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.Divisions of the Southern District
Indianapolis: Bartholomew County, Boone County, Brown County, Clinton County, Decatur County, Delaware County, Fayette County, Fountain County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hendricks County, Henry County, Howard County, Johnson County, Madison County, Marion County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Randolph County, Rush County, Shelby County, Tipton County, Union County and Wayne County.
Terre Haute: Clay County, Greene County, Knox County, Owen County, Parke County, Putnam County, Sullivan County, Vermillion County and Vigo County.
Evansville: Daviess County,
Dubois County, Gibson County, Martin County, Perry County, Pike County, Posey County, Spencer County, Vanderburgh County and Warrick County.
New Albany: Clark County, Crawford County, Dearborn County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Jennings County, Lawrence County, Ohio County, Orange County, Ripley County, Scott County, Switzerland County and Washington County.Current judges
Former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
List of U.S. Attorneys since 1929
- George Jeffrey 1929–1933
- Val Nolan 1933–1940
- B. Howard Caughran 1940–1950
- Matthew E. Welsh 1950–1952
- Marshall Hanley 1952–1953
- Jack Brown 1953–1956
- Don Tabbert 1957–1961
- Richard P. Stein 1961–1967
- K. Edwin Applegate 1967–1969
- Stanley B. Miller 1970–1974
- John E. Hirschman 1974–1975
- James B. Young 1975–1977
- Virginia Dill McCarty 1977–1981
- Sarah Evans Barker 1981–1984
- Richard L. Darst 1984
- John Daniel Tinder 1984–1987
- Bradley L. Williams 1987
- Deborah J. Daniels 1988–1993
- John J. Thar 1993
- Judith A. Stewart 1993–2000
- Timothy M. Morrison 2000–2001
- Susan Brooks 2001–2007
- Timothy M. Morrison 2007–2010
- Joe Hogsett 2010–2014
- Joshua Minkler 2015–present
