United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (E.D. Cal.)
Seal of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
Appeals to	Ninth Circuit
Established	March 18, 1966
Judges assigned	6
Chief judge	Morrison C. England Jr.
Official site

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The District was created on March 18, 1966 with the division of the Northern and Southern districts, leading to the creation of the Central and Eastern districts.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Benjamin B. Wagner, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 5, 2009.

Organization of the court

Yosemite Office of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California located in Yosemite National Park

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California is one of four federal judicial districts in California. Court for the District is held at the Robert E. Coyle U.S. Courthouse in Fresno and Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento.

Fresno Division comprises the following counties: Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne.

Sacramento Division comprises the following counties: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba.

Bakersfield Office hears misdemeanor and petty criminal offenses on federal lands and National Parks in Inyo and Kern counties. Court is held at Bakersfield, Edwards Air Force Base, and Ridgecrest.

Redding Office hears misdemeanor and petty criminal offenses on federal lands and National Parks in Northern California. Court is held at Sierra Army Depot, Redding, and Susanville.

Yosemite Office hears misdemeanor and petty criminal offenses in Yosemite National Park. National parks are under federal jurisdiction. The perennially large crowds of tourists at Yosemite create a unique situation justifying the presence of a courthouse inside the park itself.

Current judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
					Active	Chief	Senior
17	Chief Judge	Morrison C. England, Jr.	Sacramento	1954	2002–present	2012–present	—	G.W. Bush
18	District Judge	Lawrence Joseph O'Neill	Fresno	1952	2007–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
19	District Judge	John A. Mendez	Sacramento	1955	2008–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
20	District Judge	Kimberly J. Mueller	Sacramento	1957	2010–present	—	—	Obama
21	District Judge	Troy L. Nunley	Sacramento	1964	2013–present	—	—	Obama
22	District Judge	Dale A. Drozd	Fresno	1955	2015–present	—	—	Obama
10	Senior Judge	Edward J. Garcia	inactive	1928	1984–1996	—	1996–present	Reagan
12	Senior Judge	William B. Shubb	Sacramento	1938	1990–2004	1996–2003	2004–present	G.H.W. Bush
14	Senior Judge	Garland Ellis Burrell, Jr.	Sacramento	1947	1992–2012	2007–2008	2012–present	G.H.W. Bush
15	Senior Judge	Anthony W. Ishii	Fresno	1946	1997–2012	2008–2012	2012–present	Clinton

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born/Died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Myron Donovan Crocker	CA	1914–2010	1966–1981	1966–1967	1981–2010	Eisenhower	death
2	Sherrill Halbert	CA	1901–1991	1966–1969	—	1969–1991	Eisenhower	death
3	Thomas Jamison MacBride	CA	1914–2000	1966–1979	1967–1979	1979–2000	Kennedy	death
4	Philip Charles Wilkins	CA	1913–1998	1969–1983	1979–1983	1983–1998	Nixon	death
5	Lawrence K. Karlton	CA	1935–2015	1979–2000	1983–1990	2000–2015	Carter	death
6	Milton Lewis Schwartz	CA	1920–2005	1979–1990	—	1990–2005	Carter	death
7	Edward Dean Price	CA	1919–1997	1979–1989	—	1989–1997	Carter	death
8	Raul Anthony Ramirez	CA	1944–present	1980–1989	—	—	Carter	resignation
9	Robert Everett Coyle	CA	1930–2012	1982–1996	1990–1996	1996–2012	Reagan	death
11	David F. Levi	CA	1952–present	1990–2007	2003–2007	—	G.H.W. Bush	resignation
13	Oliver Winston Wanger	CA	1940–present	1991–2006	—	2006–2011	G.H.W. Bush	retirement
16	Frank C. Damrell, Jr.	CA	1938–present	1997–2008	—	2008–2011	Clinton	retirement

Succession of seats

Seat 1
Seat reassigned from Northern District on September 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75
Halbert	1966–1969
Wilkins	1969–1983
Garcia	1984–1996
Damrell, Jr.	1997–2008
Mueller	2010–present

Seat 2
Seat reassigned from Southern District on September 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75
Crocker	1966–1981
Coyle	1982–1996
Ishii	1997–2012
Drozd	2015–present

Seat 3
Seat reassigned from Northern District on September 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75
MacBride	1966–1979
Karlton	1979–2000
England, Jr.	2002–present

Seat 4
Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Schwartz	1979–1990
Wanger	1991–2006
O'Neill	2007–present

Seat 5
Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Price	1979–1989
Levi	1990–2007
Mendez	2008–present

Seat 6
Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Ramirez	1980–1989
Shubb	1990–2004
Seat abolished on November 1, 2004 (temporary judgeship expired)

Seat 7
Seat established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089 (temporary)
Seat became permanent upon the abolition of Seat 6 on November 1, 2004
Burrell, Jr.	1992–2012
Nunley	2013–present

See also

• Courts of California
• List of United States federal courthouses in California

External links

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
• United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California
• Justice of the Pines: Yosemite National Park Has Its Own Rustic Courthouse and Homespun Judge[1]