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In February 2016, May was appointed as state District Judge in Judicial Election District 5C, which covers the south-central portion of Iowa. [ 2 ] Iowa Court of Appeals
In addition to Seymour, seven more judges will be on the ballot in Judicial District 5C, which covers Polk County. They are district judges Heather Lauber (recommended for retention by 86%) and ...
The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
From 2011 to 2012, she was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Iowa and worked in the appellate unit. [1] From 2012 to 2016, she served as a state district judge in Iowa's Judicial Election District 5C after being appointed by Governor Terry Branstad. [1]
Map of the boundaries of the 94 United States District Courts. The district courts were established by Congress under Article III of the United States Constitution. The courts hear civil and criminal cases, and each is paired with a bankruptcy court. [2] Appeals from the district courts are made to one of the 13 courts of appeals, organized ...
District courts are courts of law, equity, and admiralty, and can hear both civil and criminal cases. But unlike U.S. state courts, federal district courts are courts of limited jurisdiction, and can only hear cases that involve disputes between residents of different states, questions of federal law, or federal crimes.
Biden had the most Article III judicial nominees confirmed during a president's first year in office since Ronald Reagan in 1981. [2] Biden appointed the most federal judges during the first two years of any presidency since John F. Kennedy. [3] Biden reached the milestone of 200 federal judicial confirmations on May 22, 2024.
Starting in the late 1950s, judges Elbert Parr Tuttle (chief judge 1960–67), John Minor Wisdom, John R. Brown (chief judge 1967–79), and Richard T. Rives (chief judge 1959–60) became known as the "Fifth Circuit Four", or simply "The Four", for decisions crucial in advancing the civil rights of African Americans.