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Encyclopedia > United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan. The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Official seal of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Map of the boundaries of the United States Courts of Appeals and United States District Courts The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ... The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Westchester County is a suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Putnam County is a county located in the state of New York. ... The Tappan Zee Bridge, in a view looking toward Rockland. ... The Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph. ... Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Sullivan County is a county located in the state of New York. ...


The court shares geographic jurisdiction over New York City with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, which manages Kings (Brooklyn), Queens, and Richmond (Staten Island) counties, along with Nassau and Suffolk on Long Island. Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is comprised of the entirety of Long Island and Staten Island. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow This article is about the New York City borough. ... Staten Island, in yellow, lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ... Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Mercator projection of Long Island Long Island is an island in New York, USA. It has an area of 1,377 square miles (3567 km²) and a population of 7. ...


The Southern District is one of the most influential and active federal district courts in the United States, largely because of its jurisdiction over New York's major financial centers. When Rudolph Giuliani worked as a federal prosecutor in this district, his unusually aggressive style of litigation combined with the overall power of this district caused legal commentators to joke that S.D.N.Y. stood for the "Sovereign District of New York." Rudolph William Louis Rudy Giuliani III, KBE (born May 28, 1944) served as the Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1994 through December 31, 2001. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ...


The Southern District of New York was subdivided out of the U.S. District Court for the District of New York on April 9, 1814 along with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York is one of 88 judicial districts in the United States and one of four in the state of New York. ...


Judges

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has 28 authorized judgeships, filled by judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. One seat is vacant due to the retirement of Chief Judge Michael Mukasey. Senior Judge Constance Baker Motley passed away in 2005. Seventeen judges who have taken senior status are eligible to continue hearing cases. As of August 1, 2006, the Chief Judge of the District is Judge Kimba Wood, succeeding Judge Michael Mukasey who has returned to private practice. The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Michael B. Mukasey (born 1941) is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. ... Constance Baker Motley Constance Baker Motley (14 September 1921–28 September 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and state senator. ... Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for U.S. federal judges. ... Chief Judge is a title that can refer to the highest-ranking judge of a court that has more than one judge. ... Kimba Wood (born 1944) is a U.S. federal judge. ... Michael B. Mukasey (born 1941) is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. ...


The District Judges (active and senior) sitting as of 2006 are:

Name Appointed Appointed by
Chief Judge Kimba Wood 1987   Ronald Reagan
District Judge Charles L. Brieant 1971   Richard Nixon
Senior District Judge Thomas P. Griesa 1972   Richard Nixon
Senior District Judge Robert L. Carter 1972   Richard Nixon
Senior District Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy 1972   Richard Nixon
Senior District Judge Richard Owen 1973   Richard Nixon
Senior District Judge William C. Conner 1973   Richard Nixon
Senior District Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. 1976   Gerald Ford
Senior District Judge Leonard B. Sand 1978   Jimmy Carter
Senior District Judge Robert W. Sweet 1978   Jimmy Carter
Senior District Judge John E. Sprizzo 1981   Ronald Reagan
Senior District Judge John F. Keenan 1983   Ronald Reagan
Senior District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram 1983   Ronald Reagan
Senior District Judge Peter K. Leisure 1984   Ronald Reagan
Senior District Judge Louis L. Stanton 1985   Ronald Reagan
Senior District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum 1986   Ronald Reagan
Senior District Judge Robert P. Patterson, Jr. 1988   Ronald Reagan
Senior District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna 1990   George H.W. Bush
District Judge Loretta A. Preska 1992   George H.W. Bush
Senior District Judge Harold Baer, Jr. 1994   Bill Clinton
District Judge Deborah A. Batts 1994   Bill Clinton
District Judge John G. Koeltl 1994   Bill Clinton
District Judge Denny Chin 1994   Bill Clinton
District Judge Denise Cote 1994   Bill Clinton
District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan 1994   Bill Clinton
District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin 1994   Bill Clinton
District Judge Sidney H. Stein 1995   Bill Clinton
District Judge Barbara S. Jones 1995   Bill Clinton
District Judge Jed S. Rakoff 1996   Bill Clinton
District Judge Richard C. Casey 1997   Bill Clinton
District Judge Alvin Hellerstein 1998   Bill Clinton
District Judge Colleen McMahon 1998   Bill Clinton
District Judge Richard M. Berman 1998   Bill Clinton
District Judge William H. Pauley 1998   Bill Clinton
District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald 1999   Bill Clinton
District Judge Victor Marrero 1999   Bill Clinton
District Judge Gerard E. Lynch 2000   Bill Clinton
District Judge Laura Taylor Swain 2000   Bill Clinton
District Judge George B. Daniels 2000   Bill Clinton
District Judge P. Kevin Castel 2003   George W. Bush
District Judge Stephen C. Robinson 2003   George W. Bush
District Judge Richard J. Holwell 2003   George W. Bush
District Judge Kenneth M. Karas 2004   George W. Bush
District Judge Paul A. Crotty 2005   George W. Bush

Former Judges Kimba Wood (born 1944) is a U.S. federal judge. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Charles L. Brieant (born 1923 in Ossining, New York) is a Federal District Judge in the Southern District of New York. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Robert L. Carter (1917 - ) is a civil rights activist and judge. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born... Harold Baer, Jr. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... The Honorable Deborah A. Batts (born 13 April 1947) is a Federal District Judge in the United States. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Judge Denny Chin is assigned to the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York. ... Shira A. Scheindlin (b. ... Judge Jed S. Rakoff Jed S. Rakoff (born 1943) is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. ... Richard Conway Casey (b. ... Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein is a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and has been involved in several high-profile cases. ... Richard M. Berman (born 1943 in New York, New York) is a Federal District Judge in the Southern District of New York. ... Naomi Reice Buchwald (born 1944 in Kingston, New York) is a Federal District Judge in the Southern District of New York. ... Gerard E. Lynch (born 1951 in Brooklyn) is a United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of New York. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...


(28 authorized judgeships) Samuel Blatchford (March 9, 1820–July 7, 1893) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from April 3, 1882 until his death. ... Addison Brown (1830- ? ) was an American lawyer and judge. ... Charles Merrill Hough (May 18, 1858 - April 22, 1927) was a longtime federal judge in New York City. ... Billings Learned Hand (January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) — usually called just Learned Hand — was a famed American judge and an avid supporter of free speech, though he is most remembered for applying economic reasoning to American tort law. ... Julius Marshuetz Mayer (September 5, 1865 - November 20, 1925) was a lawyer and judge in the United States. ... Augustus Noble Hand (July 26, 1869–October 28, 1954) was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. ... Martin Thomas Manton (August 2, 1880 - November 17, 1946) was a United States federal Judge in New York City who is best remembered for having resigned and served time in prison for accepting bribes while in office. ... John Clark Knox (October 13, 1881 - August 23, 1966) was a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. ... Henry Warren Goddard (May 4, 1876 - August 26, 1955) was a longtime federal judge in New York City. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... William Bondy (April 9, 1870 - March 30, 1964) was a longtime judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. ... Thomas Day Thacher (September 10, 1881 - November 12, 1950) was a lawyer and judge in New York City. ... John M. Woolsey (January 3, 1877 - May 4, 1945) was a federal judge in New York City. ... Robert Porter Patterson was the United States Secretary of War under United States President Harry S. Truman from the 27th of September 1945 to the 18th of July, 1947. ... Samuel Mandelbaum (September 20, 1884 - November 20, 1946) was a New York lawyer and politician who served for ten years as a federal district judge. ... Edward A. Conger (January 7, 1882-August 7, 1963) was a prominent federal judge in New York City. ... John Bright John Bright (November 16, 1811–March 27, 1889), was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. ... Harold Raymond Medina, Sr. ... Samuel Hamilton Kaufman (October 26, 1893 - May 5, 1960) was a federal judge in New York City. ... Irving Robert Kaufman (June 24, 1910 - February 1, 1992) was the judge who presided over the trial of Ethel Rosenberg. ... Thomas Francis Murphy (December 3, 1905 – October 26, 1995) was a federal prosecutor and judge in New York City. ... Judge Wilfred Feinberg Wilfred Feinberg (born 1920 in New York) is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. ... Hon. ... Walter Roe Mansfield (July 1, 1911 - January 8, 1987) was a federal judge in the United States. ... Constance Baker Motley Constance Baker Motley (14 September 1921–28 September 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and state senator. ... Murray Irwin Gurfein (November 17, 1907 - December 16, 1979) was a federal judge in the United States. ... Lawrence Warren Pierce (born 1924) is an American lawyer who served for 24 years as a federal judge. ... Judge Whitman Knapp Percy Whitman Knapp (born February 24, 1909 in New York, NY, died June 14, 2004 in New York, NY) was a federal judge who led a far-reaching investigation into corruption in the New York City Police Department from 1970 to 1972. ... Pierre Leval is a United States Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. ... John Mercer Walker, Jr. ... Richard Joseph Daronco (August 1, 1931 - May 21, 1988) was a federal judge in the United States. ... Michael B. Mukasey (born 1941) is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. ... Louis Joseph Freeh (born January 6, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was nominated by U.S. President Bill Clinton to be the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). ... Sonia Sotomayor is a judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. ... Barrington Daniels Parker, Jr. ...


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