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The Federal Public Defender's Office represents individuals who cannot afford to hire a lawyer in federal criminal cases and related matters. The office is assigned to cases by the district courts in three districts (New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts), and by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
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 .
First African American male (federal judge; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts): David Sutherland Nelson in 1979 [39] [40] First Asian American male (federal judge; United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts): Myong J. Joun in 2023 [41]
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 geographically. The number of district courts in a court of ...
Pages in category "Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Each district also has a United States Marshal who serves the court system. Three territories of the United States — the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands — have district courts that hear federal cases, including bankruptcy cases. [1] The breakdown of what is in each judicial district is codified in 28 U.S.C. §§ 81–131.
From 1801 to 1802, the District of Columbia and pieces of Maryland and Virginia formed the United States District Court for the District of Potomac, which was the first United States district court to cross state lines. During the same period, the United States District Court for the District of Norfolk was carved out of another piece of ...
From 1992 to 2005, Guzman served as a public defender for the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services. She was a sole practitioner in Worcester, Massachusetts , from 2005 to 2009. From 2009 to 2017, she served as a judge on Dudley District Court . [ 4 ]