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The Southern District of Texas started with one judge, Waller T. Burns, and a Clerk of Court, Christopher Dart, seated in Galveston. Since that time, the court has grown to nineteen district judgeships, six bankruptcy judgeships, fourteen magistrate judgeships, and over 200 deputy clerks.
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.
Judge Christopher Lopez of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Tuesday evening declined to approve the Onion’s winning bid — of $1.75 million in cash — because it ...
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas [8] United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas [9] United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas [10] United States District Court for the Western District of Texas [11] Former federal courts of Texas. United States District Court for the ...
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas (in case citations, W.D. Tex.) is a federal district court. The court convenes in San Antonio with divisions in Austin, Del Rio, El Paso, Midland, Pecos, and Waco. It has jurisdiction in over 50 Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin, and Hill Country counties of the U.S. state of Texas.
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 ...
The Southern District of New York and the Central District of California are the largest federal districts by number of judges, with 28 judges each. [24] In 2007, the busiest district courts in terms of criminal federal felony filings were the District of New Mexico, Western District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, and the District of ...
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York [241] United States District Court for the Western District of New York [242] United States Court of International Trade (headquartered in New York City) Former federal courts of New York. United States District Court for the District of New York (extinct, subdivided)