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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in
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s, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the
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(except for
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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the
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, which are appealed to the
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). The District was created on March 18, 1966, with the division of the
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and
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districts, leading to the creation of the
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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 United States Attorney is Phillip Talbert.


Organization of the court

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
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. * Fresno Division comprises the following counties: Calaveras, Fresno,
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, Kern,
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, Madera, Mariposa,
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, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne. * Sacramento Division comprises the following counties:
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, Colusa,
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, Glenn,
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, Modoc,
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,
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, Placer, Plumas,
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, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama,
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, Yolo, and Yuba. * Bakersfield Office hears
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and petty criminal offenses on federal lands and National Parks in
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and Kern counties. Court is held at
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,
Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County. The hub of the base is ...
, and Ridgecrest. * Redding Office hears
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and petty criminal offenses on federal lands and National Parks in
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. Court is held at
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, Redding, and
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. * Yosemite Office hears
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and petty criminal offenses in
Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ...
. 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

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Vacancies and pending nominations


Former judges


Chief judges


Succession of seats


Request for expansion

The six sitting judges and three senior judges have submitted a draft letter to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives from the Eastern District in which they argue that population growth in the District has necessitated an increase in the number of District Judges.


See also

* Courts of California *
List of current United States district judges The following is a list of all current judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total ...
* List of United States federal courthouses in California


References


External links


United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California
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