The United States District Court for the District of Oregon (in case citations, D. Ore. or D. Or.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the state of Oregon. It was created in 1859 when the state was admitted to the Union. Appellate jurisdiction belongs to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). Matthew P. Deady served as its first judge.

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. , the interim United States attorney is Scott E. Bradford.

Organization

thumb|right|260px|Map of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

The District of Oregon has four divisional offices within the state: Portland, Eugene, Medford, and Pendleton. Among them, the Portland, Eugene, and Medford Divisions are all staffed. The Pendleton Division is not staffed and in-person filings must be made in the Portland Division. The Portland Division holds court at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse and handles cases from Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood River, Jefferson, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco, Washington, and Yamhill Counties. The Pendleton Division holds session at John F. Kilkenny United States Post Office and Courthouse and covers cases from Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler Counties. The Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse houses the Eugene Division that handles cases from Benton, Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion Counties. The bill creating the district authorized a single judge and also designated it as a judicial circuit. Deady held the first session of the court on September 12, 1859, in Salem, but was able to have the court relocated to Portland by the September session of 1860.

On March 3, 1863, Congress passed a law that removed the circuit court jurisdiction and transferred appeals court jurisdiction to the Tenth Circuit, and in 1866 transferred it again to the Ninth Circuit. On March 27, 1885, Judge Deady admitted Mary Leonard to the federal bar, the first woman admitted in Oregon. In 1909, Congress added another seat to the court, followed by another judgeship in 1949.

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Chief judges

Succession of seats

See also

  • Courts of Oregon
  • List of current United States district judges
  • List of Oregon District Court judges
  • List of United States federal courthouses in Oregon

References

  • United States District Court for the District of Oregon Official Website
  • United States Attorney for the District of Oregon Official Website
  • U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society
  • from the Congressional Research Service