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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (in case citations, E.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
Reassigned to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Caldwell: AR: 1891–1903 Hook: KS: 1903–1921 Lewis: CO: 1921–1929 Reassigned on February 28, 1929, to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by 45 Stat. 1346
The U.S. Courthouse & Post Office in Texarkana is shared with the Eastern District of Texas, making it the sole federal courthouse located in two states and a location of two federal districts. The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Arkansas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.
His service terminated on March 7, 1980, due to his elevation to the Eighth Circuit. [ 1 ] Arnold was nominated by President Carter on December 19, 1979, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit , to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. [ 2 ]
In 1996, he was the Missouri state campaign director for Bob Dole's presidential campaign. [3] In 2000, he left Thompson Coburn to rejoin the United States Attorneys' Office, and in 2001 he became the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, a position he remained in until his confirmation to the Eighth Circuit in 2004. [4]
County government in Arkansas is a political subdivision of the state established for a more convenient administration of justice and for purposes of providing services for the state by the Constitution of Arkansas and the Arkansas General Assembly through the Arkansas Code. In Arkansas, counties have no inherent authority, only power given to ...
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Each circuit covers at least one of Arkansas's 75 counties. [1] All judges in Arkansas are elected in non-partisan elections. Circuit judges serve six-year terms and must be attorneys licensed to practice law in Arkansas for six years before they assume office. [2]