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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois was created on March 3, 1905, by 33 Stat. 992, [4] by splitting counties out of the Northern and Southern Districts. It was later eliminated in a reorganization on October 2, 1978, which replaced it with a Central District, 92 Stat. 883 , [ 4 ] formed primarily from parts of ...
On August 5, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Alonso to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to the seat vacated by Judge Ronald A. Guzman, who subsequently assumed senior status on November 16, 2014. [4]
United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [4] United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois [5] United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois [6] Former federal courts of Illinois. United States District Court for the District of Illinois (extinct, subdivided in 1855) [7]
Johnston served as a law clerk to Judge Philip Godfrey Reinhard of the Illinois Second District Appellate Court and then the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He was a unit supervisor for the Office of the Illinois Attorney General and in private practice at Altheimer & Gray, Holland & Knight, and Johnston Greene.
On July 17, 2007, Dow was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated by Charles P. Kocoras. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 13, 2007, and received his commission on December 5, 2007.
He was a judge of the Superior Court of Cook County from 1953 to 1960. He was chief justice of the Criminal Court of Cook County from 1954 to 1955, running unsuccessfully as the Democratic nominee for governor of Illinois in 1956 (replacing Herbert C. Paschen as the party's nominee), and again served as chief justice of the court from 1960 to 1961.
On February 5, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Valderrama to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as part of a bipartisan package [3] of nominees which included David W. Dugan. On February 12, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate.
On May 6, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Ellis to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to the seat vacated by Judge Joan B. Gottschall, who assumed senior status on April 23, 2012. [4]