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235 East Plume Street: E.D. Va. 1900–1934 Later used as City Hall; now part of the Slover Library: n/a Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse † Norfolk: 600 Granby Street: E.D. Va. 1934–present: District Court judge Walter Edward Hoffman: U.S. Custom House and Post Office† Petersburg: 135 North Union Street: E.D. Va. 1858–1938 Now ...
The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 38 independent cities, which are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. All counties, with the exception of Arlington County, are further subdivided into magisterial districts. [1]
Courts of Virginia include: State courts of Virginia. Supreme Court of Virginia [1] Court of Appeals of Virginia [2] Virginia Circuit Court (120 courts divided among 31 judicial circuits) [3] Virginia General District Court (courts in 32 districts) [4] Virginia Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (courts in 32 districts) [5]
With the division of West Virginia from Virginia during the American Civil War, the Western District of Virginia became the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with the Eastern District to form again a single District of Virginia on June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124. [2]
With the division of West Virginia from Virginia during the American Civil War, the Western District of Virginia became the District of West Virginia, and those parts of the Western District that were not part of West Virginia were combined with the Eastern District to again form a single District of Virginia on June 11, 1864, by 13 Stat. 124. [2]
The Virginia General District Court (GDC) is the lowest level of the Virginia court system, and is the court that most Virginians have contact with. The jurisdiction of the GDC is generally limited to traffic cases and other misdemeanors , civil cases involving amounts of under $25,000.
On March 20, 2020, Young's name along with fellow Magistrate Judge Douglas Miller was recommended by Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner to the White House. [7] On May 6, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Young to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern ...
The court was removed to this locality from Callands in 1777. In 1878, Judge J.D. Coles, a district judge, was arrested for violating the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by excluding African Americans from the jury selection process for grand juries and trial juries. Coles filed for release from custody, on the grounds that his rights as an individual ...