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The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original thirteen courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. The District was further subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by 9 Stat. 280 .
Georgia Juvenile Courts [7] Georgia Probate Courts [8] Georgia Municipal Courts [9] Federal courts located in Georgia. United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (headquartered in Atlanta, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia) United States District Court for the Northern ...
On March 19, 2007, Hall was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia vacated by Berry Avant Edenfield. Hall was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 10, 2008, and received his commission on April 29, 2008. [ 1 ]
The number of district courts in a court of appeals' circuit varies between one and thirteen, depending on the number of states in the region and the number of districts in each state. The formal naming convention for the district courts is "United States District Court for" followed by the district name.
Pages in category "Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
While some judges with senior status are inactive, these judges are not yet retired and may return to actively hearing cases at any time. As of January 2025, there are 37 Article III district court vacancies with no nominations awaiting Senate action and no Article IV vacancies or nominees awaiting Senate action. [2]
The highest judiciary power in Georgia is the Supreme Court, which is composed of nine justices. [11] The state also has a Court of Appeals made of 15 judges. [ 11 ] Georgia is divided into 49 judicial circuits, each of which has a Superior Court consisting of local citizens numbering between two and 19 members depending on the circuit population.
Secular courts in medieval times were numerous and decentralized: each secular division (king, prince, duke, lord, abbot or bishop as landholder, manor, [1] city, forest, market, etc.) could have their own courts, customary law, bailiffs and gaols [a] with arbitrary and unrecorded procedures, including in Northern Europe trial by combat and trial by ordeal, and in England trial by jury.