28 U.S.C. § 95 — Iowa

Page 36 TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE § 95 Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1970—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 91–272 provided for hold- ing court at Richmond. 1954—Subsec. (a)(3). Act Feb. 10, 1954, provided for holding court at Lafayette. § 95. Iowa Iowa is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises four divi- sions. (1) The Cedar Rapids Division comprises the counties of Benton, Cedar, Grundy, Har- din, Iowa, Jones, Linn, and Tama. Court for the Cedar Rapids Division shall be held at Cedar Rapids. (2) The Eastern Division comprises the coun- ties of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Dela- ware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Jackson, Mitchell, and Winneshiek. Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Dubuque and Waterloo. (3) The Western Division comprises the counties of Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury. Court for the Western Division shall be held at Sioux City. (4) The Central Division comprises the coun- ties of Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright. Court for the Central Division shall be held at Fort Dodge and Mason City. Southern District (b) The Southern District comprises six divi- sions. (1) The Central Division comprises the coun- ties of Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Story, and Warren. Court for the Central Division shall be held at Des Moines. (2) The Eastern Division comprises the coun- ties of Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, and Van Buren. Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Keokuk. (3) The Western Division comprises the counties of Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby. Court for the Western Division shall be held at Council Bluffs. (4) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Adair, Adams, Clarke, Deca- tur, Lucas, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wayne. Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Creston. (5) The Davenport Division comprises the counties of Clinton, Johnson, Muscatine, Scott, and Washington. Court for the Davenport Division shall be held at Davenport. (6) The Ottumwa Division comprises the counties of Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Monroe, and Wapello. Court for the Ottumwa Division shall be held at Ottumwa. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 879; Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(a), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2053.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 156 and 156a (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 81, 36 Stat. 1111; Mar. 3, 1913, ch. 122, 37 Stat. 734; Feb. 23, 1916, ch. 32, 39 Stat. 12; Apr. 27, 1916, ch. 90, 39 Stat. 55; Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 256, 42 Stat. 1483; Jan. 28, 1925, ch. 104, 43 Stat. 794; July 5, 1937, ch. 428, 50 Stat. 474). A provision relating to the maintenance of clerk’s of- fice was omitted as covered by section 751 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1980—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(a)(1), added Fre- mont and Page counties to Western Division of South- ern District. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(a)(2), struck out ref- erences to Fremont and Page counties in list of coun- ties comprising Southern Division of Southern District. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS PROVISION Amendment by Pub. L. 96–462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, but not to affect the composition or preclude the serv- ice of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on Oct. 1, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96–462, set out as a note under section 84 of this title. Pub. L. 96–462, § 3(b), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2053, pro- vided that: ‘‘The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply to any action commenced before the effective date of such amend- ments [Oct. 1, 1981] and pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on such date.’’ HOLDING COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11029, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1836, as amended by Pub. L. 108–455, § 1, Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3628, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period beginning on January 1, 2003, through July 1, 2006, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa may— ‘‘(1) with the consent of the parties in any case filed in the Eastern Division or the Davenport Division of the Southern District of Iowa, hold court on that case in Rock Island, Illinois; and ‘‘(2) summon jurors from the Southern District of Iowa to serve in any case described under paragraph (1).’’ § 96. Kansas Kansas constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Kansas City, Law- rence, Leavenworth, Salina, Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita, Dodge City, and Fort Scott. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 880; Aug. 27, 1949, ch. 516, 63 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 99–554, title I, § 141, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3096.)