United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (in case citation

Case citation

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s, E.D. Okla. or E.D.Ok.) is the Federal district court

United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...

whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Adair

Adair County, Oklahoma

Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 22,638. Its county seat is Stilwell. Adair County was named after the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe.-History:...

, Atoka

Atoka County, Oklahoma

Atoka County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and was formed in 1907 from Choctaw Lands. As of 2000, the population is 13,879. Its county seat is Atoka.-Geography:...

, Bryan

Bryan County, Oklahoma

Bryan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 36,534 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Durant. The county shares the same boundaries as the Durant Micropolitan Area. It is also home to the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma located in Durant...

, Carter

Carter County, Oklahoma

Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2010, the population was 47,557. Its county seat is Ardmore.Carter County is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma, Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Cherokee

Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 42,521. Its county seat is Tahlequah.Cherokee County was established in 1907.-Geography:...

, Choctaw

Choctaw County, Oklahoma

Choctaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 15,342. Its county seat is Hugo.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water....

, Coal

Coal County, Oklahoma

Coal County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population is 6,031. Its county seat is Coalgate.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water....

, Haskell

Haskell County, Oklahoma

Haskell County is a county located in the southeast quadrant of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 11,792. Its county seat is Stigler. The county is named in honor of Charles N. Haskell, who was the first governor of Oklahoma....

, Hughes

Hughes County, Oklahoma

Hughes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 14,154. Its county seat is Holdenville.-Geography:...

, Johnston

Johnston County, Oklahoma

Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 10,513. Its county seat is Tishomingo.-Geography:...

, Latimer

Latimer County, Oklahoma

Latimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 10,692. Its county seat is Wilburton.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water....

, Le Flore

Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Le Flore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 48,109. Its county seat is Poteau. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma is the federal...

, Love

Love County, Oklahoma

Love County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population is 8,831. Its county seat is Marietta.Love County is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma, Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Marshall

Marshall County, Oklahoma

Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 13,184. Its county seat is Madill. The county's population grew at a rate of 35% in the 1990s and now it has a new population estimate at 20,000. Marshall County is the fastest growing county in...

, McCurtain

McCurtain County, Oklahoma

McCurtain County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2010, the population was 33,151. Its county seat is Idabel.-Geography:...

, McIntosh

McIntosh County, Oklahoma

McIntosh County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 19,456. Its county seat is Eufaula.-Geography:...

, Murray

Murray County, Oklahoma

Murray County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 12,623. Its county seat is Sulphur.-Geography:...

, Muskogee

Muskogee County, Oklahoma

Muskogee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2010, the population was 70,990. Its county seat is Muskogee.-Government:...

, Okfuskee

Okfuskee County, Oklahoma

Okfuskee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 11,814. Its county seat is Okemah.-Geography:...

, Okmulgee

Okmulgee County, Oklahoma

Okmulgee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 39,685. Its county seat is Okmulgee.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,819 km²...

, Pittsburg

Pittsburg County, Oklahoma

Pittsburg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 43,953. Its county seat is McAlester.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,569 km²...

, Pontotoc

Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

Pontotoc County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population was 35,143. Its county seat is Ada.-Geography:According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,879 km²...

, Pushmataha

Pushmataha County, Oklahoma

-Administrative History:* Ca. 1000-1500: Caddoan Mississippian civilization at Spiro Mounds* 1492-1718: Spain* 1718-1763: France* 1763-1800: Spain* 1800-1803: France* 1803–present: United States...

, Seminole

Seminole County, Oklahoma

Seminole County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The population was 24,894 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Wewoka. Before Oklahoma's admission as a state, the county was the entire small portion of Indian Territory allocated to the Seminoles. Seminole County has been an...

, Sequoyah

Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

Sequoyah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 38,972. Its county seat is Sallisaw.-History:...

, and Wagoner

Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Wagoner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2010, the population was 73,085. Its county seat is Wagoner.-Early History:The area of Wagoner County was settled by the Creek after their forced removal in Alabama in the 1820's...

. It is based in Muskogee

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee is a city in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Muskogee County, and home to Bacone College. The population was 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in Oklahoma....

.

Appeals from the Eastern District of Oklahoma are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* District of Colorado* District of Kansas...

(except for patent

Patent

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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act

Tucker Act

Through the Tucker Act , the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits....

, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...

). The court is housed in the Ed Edmondson U.S. Courthouse in Muskogee

Muskogee, Oklahoma

, Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...

History

Judge Frank Howell Seay

Frank Howell Seay

-Early life and education:Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Seay received a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1961 and an LL.B. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1963.-Career:...

, appointed to the court by President Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

in 1979, was the first Native American (Seminole)

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

appointed to any U.S. district court.

US Attorney

The United States Attorney's Office of the Eastern District of Oklahoma represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney for the district is Mark F. Green

Mark F. Green

Mark F. Green is an American lawyer from Oklahoma who currently serves as the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, having served in that position since September 29, 2010, when he was appointed by President Barack Obama.-Biography:Mark F...

, who succeeded Sheldon J. Sperling.

On Wednesday, July 14, 2010, a news release from the White House Press Office stated that President Barack Obama

Barack Obama

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had nominated Mark F. Green

Mark F. Green

to be the new United States Attorney. He is the sole practitioner at Mark Green, Attorney, which he opened in 1991. He has also served as an Alternate Judge to the City of Muskogee since 2006 and as a Public Defender in this court since 1990. He has also worked with the Bureau of Indian Affairs

Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is an agency of the federal government of the United States within the US Department of the Interior. It is responsible for the administration and management of of land held in trust by the United States for Native Americans in the United States, Native American...

and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. Mr. Green graduated from the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

in 1975 and from the College of Law there in 1978. His nomination must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Current judges

Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	End reason
James H. Payne James H. Payne James Hardy Payne is a federal judge sitting simultaneously on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma...	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....		Incumbent	–	–
Ronald A. White Ronald A. White Ronald Allen White is a United States federal judge.Born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, White received a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1983 and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1986. He was in private practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1986 to 2003.On May 15, 2003, White...	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....		Incumbent	–	–
Frank Howell Seay Frank Howell Seay -Early life and education:Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Seay received a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1961 and an LL.B. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1963.-Career:...	Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...			Incumbent	–

Former judges

Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	End reason
Luther Lee Bohanon Luther L. Bohanon Luther Lee Bohanon was a United States federal judge.-Early life:Born August 9, 1902 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Bohanon's family moved to Stigler, Oklahoma four years later. Another move took the family of 14 children to Kinta where he completed his elementary education. He completed his high school...	John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....				death
Bower Slack Broaddus Bower Slack Broaddus Bower Slack Broaddus was a United States federal judge.Born in Chillicothe, Missouri, Broaddus received an LL.B. from Kansas City School of Law in 1910. He was in private practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma from 1910 to 1940. He was a police judge in Muskogee from 1912 to 1914, and was a city attorney...	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...			–	death
Michael Burrage	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

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| Ralph E. Campbell

Ralph E. Campbell

Ralph E. Campbell was a United States federal judge.-Biography:Born in Butler County, Pennsylvania, Campbell received a B.S. from Indiana Normal University in 1891, an A.B. from the same institution the following year, and an LL.B. from the University of Kansas in 1894...

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

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| H. Dale Cook

H. Dale Cook

H. Dale Cook was an American federal judge. He served on the bench from 1974 to 2008.-Early life:...

||Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...

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| Frederick Alvin Daugherty

Frederick Alvin Daugherty

Frederick Alvin Daugherty was a United States federal judge.Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Daugherty received an LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1933. He was in private practice in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1937 to 1940. He was in the United States Army from 1940 to 1946...

||John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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| Franklin Elmore Kennamer

Franklin Elmore Kennamer

Franklin Elmore Kennamer was a United States federal judge.Born in Kennamer Cove, Alabama, Kennamer was a Colonel in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War, and then read law in 1905 to enter the Bar. He was a city attorney for Madill, Oklahoma from 1915 to 1916, and mayor of...

||Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

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| Orville Edwin Langley

Orville Edwin Langley

Orville Edwin Langley was a United States federal judge.Langley received a B.S. from Harvard University in 1932 and an LL.B. from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1940. He was in private practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma from 1940 to 1961. He was in the United States Army Colonel from 1942...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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| Joseph Wilson Morris

Joseph Wilson Morris

Joseph Wilson Morris is an American attorney, arbitrator and former United States federal judge. He is a partner in the Tulsa, Oklahoma law firm of Gable Gotwals.-Family and Education:...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

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| Alfred P. Murrah

Alfred P. Murrah

Alfred Paul Murrah was an American attorney and judge. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which was named after him, was destroyed in the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing.-Early life and education:...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

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| Eugene Rice

Eugene Rice

Eugene Rice was a United States federal judge.Born in Union City, Tennessee, Rice received a B.S. from Hall-Moody College in 1910 and an LL.B. from Valparaiso University in 1917. He was in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919. He was an Assistant county attorney of Duncan, Oklahoma in 1920...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| David Lynn Russell

David Lynn Russell

David Lynn Russell is a United States federal judge.Born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Russell received a B.S. from Oklahoma Baptist University in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1965. He was in the United States Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander, JAG Corps from 1965 to...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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| William Robert Wallace

William Robert Wallace

William Robert Wallace was a United States federal judge.Born in Troy, Texas, Wallace attended the University of Oklahoma College of Law and read law to enter the bar in 1910. He was in private practice in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma from 1910 to 1925, and then in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until 1950...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

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| Robert L. Williams

Robert L. Williams

Robert Lee Williams was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as the third Governor of Oklahoma. Williams would also play a role in the drafting of the Oklahoma Constitution...

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

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