28 U.S.C. § 83 — Arkansas

Page 26 TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 82 WHEREAS Judge Hodge has appointed an acting United States Attorney, an acting United States Mar- shal, and other court officers; and WHEREAS the United States District Court for the District of Alaska is now prepared to assume the func- tions imposed upon it: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 18 of the said act of July 7, 1958 [set out above], I hereby proclaim that the United States District Court for the District of Alaska is prepared to assume the functions imposed upon it. Accordingly, the jurisdiction of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska and the tenure of the judges, the United States Attorneys, Marshals, and other officers of that court are now terminated. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. § 82. Arizona Arizona constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Flagstaff, Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson, and Yuma. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 874; Pub. L. 116–40, § 1, Aug. 9, 2019, 133 Stat. 1063.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 143 (June 20, 1910, ch. 310, § 31, 36 Stat. 576; Oct. 3, 1913, ch. 17, §§ 1, 2, 38 Stat. 203). A provision for transfer of causes, civil or criminal, from one place for holding court to another was omit- ted. Such provision, as to civil cases, is covered by sec- tion 1404 of this title, and, as to criminal cases, is ren- dered unnecessary because of inherent power of the court and Rules 18–20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, relating to venue. A provision for making an interlocutory order at any place designated for holding court was omitted as un- necessary in view of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 77(b). A provision requiring the clerk to keep his office at the State capital was omitted as covered by section 751 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2019—Pub. L. 116–40 substituted ‘‘Flagstaff, Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson, and Yuma’’ for ‘‘Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, and Tucson’’. § 83. Arkansas Arkansas is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Dis- tricts of Arkansas. Eastern District (a) The Eastern District comprises three divi- sions. (1) The Central Division comprises the coun- ties of Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dal- las, Drew, Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Stone, Van Buren, White, and Yell. Court for the Central Division shall be held at Little Rock. (2) The Delta Division comprises the coun- ties of Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, and St. Francis. Court for the Delta Division shall be held at Helena. (3) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Clay, Craighead, Cross, Ful- ton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jack- son, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, and Woodruff. Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jonesboro. Western District (b) The Western District comprises six divi- sions. (1) The Texarkana Division comprises the counties of Hempstead, Howard, Lafay- ette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, and Sevier. Court for the Texarkana Division shall be held at Texarkana, and may be held any- where within the Federal courthouse in Texarkana that is located astride the State line between Texas and Arkansas. (2) The El Dorado Division comprises the counties of Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Ouachita, and Union. Court for the El Dorado Division shall be held at El Dorado. (3) The Fort Smith Division comprises the counties of Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Polk, Scott, and Sebastian. Court for the Fort Smith Division shall be held at Fort Smith. (4) The Harrison Division comprises the counties of Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Mar- ion, Newton, and Searcy. Court for the Harrison Division shall be held at Harrison. (5) The Fayetteville Division comprises the counties of Benton, Madison, and Wash- ington. Court for the Fayetteville Division shall be held at Fayetteville. (6) The Hot Springs Division comprises the counties of Clark, Garland, Hot Springs, Montgomery, and Pike. Court for the Hot Springs Division shall be held at Hot Springs. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 874; Pub. L. 87–36, § 5, May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 84; Pub. L. 108–455, § 3, Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3628; Pub. L. 116–73, § 2, Nov. 26, 2019, 133 Stat. 1154.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 144 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 71, 36 Stat. 1106; Apr. 12, 1924, ch. 87, § 1, 43 Stat. 90; Feb. 17, 1925, ch. 252, 43 Stat. 948; Apr. 16, 1926, ch. 147, § 1, 44 Stat. 296; Apr. 21, 1926, ch. 168, 44 Stat. 304; Feb. 7, 1928, ch. 29, § 1, 45 Stat. 58; Apr. 17, 1940, ch. 100, 54 Stat. 109; June 11, 1940, ch. 321, § 1, 54 Stat. 302). A provision making inoperative the terms of the last paragraph of this section, whenever court accommoda- tions shall be provided in Federal buildings was omit- ted as unnecessary. When such buildings become avail- able the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts will, under section 604 of this title, provide court accommodations therein. Provisions relating to places for maintenance of clerks’ offices and requiring said offices to be kept open at all times were omitted as covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title. The provision authorizing the referee in bankruptcy for the western division of the eastern district to serve by appointment in the Hot Springs division of the west- ern district is to be transferred to title 11, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Bankruptcy. Page 27 TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 84 The provision with reference to court accommoda- tions at Fayetteville and Hot Springs was omitted as covered by section 142 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–73 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) designated the Eastern, Western, Pine Bluff, Northern, and Jonesboro Divisions within the Eastern District. 2004—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 108–455 inserted ‘‘, and may be held anywhere within the Federal courthouse in Texarkana that is located astride the State line be- tween Texas and Arkansas’’ after ‘‘held at Texarkana’’. 1961—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87–36 struck out from enu- meration in par. (1) the parish of Desha and in par. (2) the parishes of Arkansas, Chicot, Cleveland, Dallas, Drew, Grant, Jefferson, and Lincoln, added par. (3) con- sisting of such parishes, and redesignated former par. (3) and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2019 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 116–73, § 3, Nov. 26, 2019, 133 Stat. 1154, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [amending this section and enact- ing provisions set out as a note under section 1 of this title] and the amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 26, 2019].’’ § 84. California California is divided into four judicial dis- tricts to be known as the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California. Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises the coun- ties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Hum- boldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Fran- cisco, San Mateo, and Sonoma. Court for the Northern District shall be held at Eureka, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose. Eastern District (b) The Eastern District comprises the coun- ties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sac- ramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba. Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Bakersfield, Fresno, Redding, and Sacramento. Central District (c) The Central District comprises 3 divisions. (1) The Eastern Division comprises the coun- ties of Riverside and San Bernardino. Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at a suitable site in the city of Riverside, the city of San Bernardino, or not more than 5 miles from the boundary of either such city. (2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. Court for the Western Division shall be held at Los Angeles. (3) The Southern Division comprises Orange County. Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Santa Ana. Southern District (d) The Southern District comprises the coun- ties of Imperial and San Diego. Court for the Southern District shall be held at San Diego. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 875; Pub. L. 89–372, § 3(a), Mar. 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 75; Pub. L. 96–462, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2053; Pub. L. 102–357, § 2, Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 958; Pub. L. 113–235, div. E, title III, § 307, Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2352.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 145 and section 76 of title 16, Conservation (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 72, 36 Stat. 1107; May 16, 1916, ch. 122, 39 Stat. 122; June 2, 1920, ch. 218, § 2, 41 Stat. 731; Mar. 1, 1929, ch. 421, 45 Stat. 1424). A provision relating to the place for maintenance of a clerk’s office, and requiring such office to be kept open at all times, was omitted as covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–235 inserted ‘‘Bakers- field,’’ after ‘‘shall be held at’’. 1992—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102–357 amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as fol- lows: ‘‘The Central District comprises the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. ‘‘Court for the Central District shall be held at Los Angeles and Santa Ana.’’ 1980—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–462 inserted ‘‘and Santa Ana’’ after ‘‘at Los Angeles’’. 1966—Pub. L. 89–372 expanded the number of judicial districts in California from two to four by creating an Eastern and a Central District in addition to the exist- ing Northern and Southern Districts, removed the pro- visions separating the Northern and Southern Districts into divisions, transferred to the newly created Eastern Division the counties of Alpine, Almador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joa- quin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Sut- ter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba from the Northern District and Fresno, Inyo Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare from the South- ern District, transferred to the newly created Central District the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Louis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura from the Southern District, substituted Eure- ka, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose for Eureka, Sacramento, and San Francisco as places for holding court for the Northern District, removed Fresno and Los Angeles from the list of places for holding court for the Southern District leaving San Diego as the only place for holding of court in the Southern District, and provided for the holding of court in Los Angeles for the Central District and in Fresno, Redding, and Sac- ramento for the Eastern District. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 102–357, § 3, Aug. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 959, pro- vided that: