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On the same day that Florida was admitted as a state, March 3, 1845, Congress enacted legislation creating the United States District Court for the District of Florida, 5 Stat. 788. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On February 23, 1847, this District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts, by 9 Stat. 131 .
The Bankruptcy Court the Southern District of Florida [3] covers the southern portion of State of Florida, including, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Monroe Counties. Bankruptcy Judges sit and hear cases in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.
The number of district courts in a court of appeals' circuit varies between one and thirteen, depending on the number of states in the region and the number of districts in each state. The formal naming convention for the district courts is "United States District Court for" followed by the district name.
[1] [2] The Middle District was subsequently formed from parts of these two districts on February 6, 1839, by 5 Stat. 315, [1] [2] [3] with legislation specifying that the Middle District Court was to be held at Tuscaloosa, the Northern District Court at Huntsville, and the Southern District Court at Mobile. [1]
He became Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in December 2019. [6] His term will expire on April 5, 2031. [7] Judge Van Eck is a member of the American, Pennsylvania, and Dauphin County Bar Associations, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. [8]
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania [279] United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania [280] Former federal courts located in Pennsylvania. Court of Appeals in Cases of Capture (1780-1787) United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania (1789-1815 when it was subdivided)
Each district also has a United States Marshal who serves the court system. Three territories of the United States — the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands — have district courts that hear federal cases, including bankruptcy cases. [1] The breakdown of what is in each judicial district is codified in 28 U.S.C. §§ 81–131.
Hyman became a judge of the U.S. bankruptcy court for the Southern District of Florida in 2003. [4] On addition to his tenure on the bankruptcy court, [ 5 ] Hyman is the co-chairperson of the Bankruptcy Judicial Liaison Committee and as a member of the Business Law Section's executive council and the Archives and History Committee of the ...