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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (in case citations, M.D. Tenn.) is the federal trial court for most of Middle Tennessee.Based at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Nashville, it was created in 1839 when Congress added a third district to the state.
Aleta Mae Grillos Arthur Trauger [2]: 0:1:06 (born December 9, 1945) [1] is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. As of May 1, 2024, her rulings have set 117 precedents of case law. [3]
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. Each district court has one or more ...
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.
Tennessee Criminal Courts (32 judicial districts) [4] Tennessee Municipal and City Courts [4] Tennessee Juvenile and Family Courts [5] Tennessee General Session Courts [6] Federal courts located in Tennessee. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee [7] United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee [8]
William Lynn "Chip" Campbell Jr. (born January 4, 1969) is an American lawyer who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
First African American female (Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; bankruptcy): Bernice B. Donald (1979) in 1988 [16] [17] First female (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee): Diane Vescovo in 1995 [27] First female (United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee): Aleta Arthur Trauger in ...
As a practical matter, most district courts have a standing "reference" order to that effect, so that all bankruptcy cases in that district are handled, at least initially, by the bankruptcy court. In unusual circumstances, a district court may in a particular case "withdraw the reference" (i.e., take the case or a particular proceeding within ...