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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (in case citations, N.D. Tex.) is a
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. Its first judge, Andrew Phelps McCormick, was appointed to the court on April 10, 1879. The court convenes in
Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...
with divisions in
Fort Worth Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. Accord ...
, Amarillo, Abilene, Lubbock, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls. It has jurisdiction over 100 counties in the
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and central parts of the U.S. state of
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. , the United States Attorney is Leigha Simonton.
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s from this court are heard by the
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, which includes
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,
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and Texas (except for
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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the
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).


Jurisdiction

The Northern District of Texas has seven court divisions, covering the following counties: The Abilene Division, covering Callahan,
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, Haskell,
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, Jones,
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, Nolan, Shackelford,
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, Stonewall, Taylor, and Throckmorton counties. The Amarillo Division, covering
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, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam,
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, Donley,
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,
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, Hansford,
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, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb,
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, Ochiltree,
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, Parmer, Potter,
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, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and
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counties. The Dallas Division, covering
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, Ellis, Hunt,
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,
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, Navarro, and Rockwall counties. The Fort Worth Division, covering
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, Erath, Hood, Jack, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise counties. The Lubbock Division, covering Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley,
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, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn,
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, Scurry, Terry, and Yoakum counties. The San Angelo Division, covering
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, Coke, Coleman,
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,
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, Glasscock, Irion, Menard, Mills,
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, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, and Tom Green counties. The Wichita Falls Division, covering Archer, Baylor,
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, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman,
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, Knox, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties.


History

The first federal judge in
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was John C. Watrous, who was appointed on May 26, 1846, and had previously served as
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of the
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. He was assigned to hold court in Galveston, at the time, the largest city in the state. As seat of the United States District Court for the District of Texas, the Galveston court had jurisdiction over the whole state. On February 21, 1857, the state was divided into two districts, Eastern and Western, with Judge Watrous continuing in the Eastern district. Judge Watrous and Judge
Thomas Howard DuVal Thomas Howard DuVal (November 4, 1813 – October 10, 1880) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Education and career Born November 4, 1813, in Buckingham County, Virginia, D ...
, of the Western District of Texas, left the state on the secession of Texas from the Union, the only two United States 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. In 1879, Texas was further subdivided with the creation of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, using territory taken from both the Eastern and Western districts.U.S. District Courts of Texas, Legislative history
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''.


Current judges

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Former judges


Chief judges


Succession of seats


See also

* Courts of Texas *
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* List of United States federal courthouses in Texas


Notes


External links


Official site
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