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The Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse is a U.S. federal courthouse located in Buffalo, New York.The building occupies a full block of Delaware Avenue at Niagara Square, directly across from the Statler Towers and adjacent to Buffalo City Hall.
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in New York.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
On October 29, 2016, he was designated Acting United States Attorney. [1] On November 17, 2017 Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Kennedy to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of New York. [1] [3] He left office on October 11, 2021, when his successor was sworn into office. [4]
United States Western District of New York counties. The United States attorney for the Western District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in seventeen New York counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates.
Cities within its jurisdiction include Buffalo, Rochester, and Elmira. From 1904 to 1916, the court met at the United States Post Office (Lockport, New York). Buffalo Division comprises the following counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming. [1]
The Office of the United States Attorney was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789, along with the office of Attorney General and United States Marshal.The same act also specified the structure of the Supreme Court of the United States and established inferior courts making up the United States Federal Judiciary, including a district court system.
The United States attorney for the Northern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in 32 counties in the northern part of the State of New York. The current U.S. attorney is Carla B. Freedman who was named on October 8, 2021. The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York has jurisdiction
The United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York is the chief federal law enforcement officer in five New York counties: Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Nassau and Suffolk. As of January 11, 2025, the acting U.S. attorney is Carolyn Pokorny. [1]