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www.txed.uscourts.gov The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (in case citations , E.D. Tex. ) is a federal court in the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act , which are appealed to the Federal Circuit ).
Judge Watrous and Judge Thomas H. DuVal, of the Western District of Texas, left the state on the secession of Texas from the Union, the only two federal judges not to resign their posts in states that seceded. When Texas was restored to the Union, Watrous and DuVal resumed their duties and served until 1870.
Judges can forfeit or resign their chief judgeship or acting chief judgeship while retaining their active status as a circuit judge. [ 13 ] When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire, on what has since 1958 been known as senior status , or declined to serve as chief judge.
Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination 1 Andrew Phelps McCormick: TX: 1832–1916 1879–1892 — — Hayes: elevation to 5th Cir. 2 John B. Rector: TX: 1837–1898 1892–1898 — — B. Harrison: death 3 Edward Roscoe Meek: TX: 1865–1939 1899 [6] –1935 — 1935–1939 McKinley: death 4 James Clifton Wilson: TX: 1874–1951 1919 ...
The first federal judge in Texas was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the Texas Judicial District, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state ...
The Roosevelt administration's Judicial Reorganization Bill of 1937, best known for its provision to enlarge the Supreme Court, included the appointment of a proctor who would gather data on the business of the courts and make recommendations for the reassignment of judges and improved case management. Many district court judges resisted this ...
The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), also called the FISA Court, is a U.S. federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
PACER (acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is an electronic public access service for United States federal court documents. It allows authorized users to obtain case and docket information from the United States district courts, United States courts of appeals, and United States bankruptcy courts.