United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

The court is divided into two divisions.

The Eastern Division, which sits in the Joseph P. Kinneary United States Courthouse at Columbus, serves the counties of Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Union, Vinton, and Washington.

The Western Division sits at both Cincinnati and Dayton. Cases from the counties of Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, Lawrence, Scioto, and Warren are heard at Cincinnati in the Potter Stewart United States Courthouse. Cases from the counties of Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby are heard at Dayton.

The United States District Court for the District of Ohio was established on February 19, 1803, by {{USStat|2|201}}.Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 392.[http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/courts_district_oh.html U.S. District Courts of Ohio, Legislative history], Federal Judicial Center. The act of authorized one judgeship for the court. The district court in Ohio, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. By the act of February 24, 1807, {{USStat|2|420}}, the authority of the Ohio district court to exercise the jurisdiction of a U.S. circuit court was repealed, and Ohio was assigned to the newly organized Seventh Circuit. It also provided for a U.S. circuit court for the District of Ohio.

The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on February 10, 1855, by {{USStat|10|604}}. The district judge serving the District of Ohio, Humphrey H. Leavitt, was reassigned to the Southern District of Ohio.

On July 23, 1866, by {{USStat|14|209}}, Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned Ohio to the Sixth Circuit. Additional judgeships were created in 1910, 1937, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1984, and 1990.

{{As of|2024|09|07|df=US}}:

{{start U.S. judgeship Current}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 37

| title = Chief Judge

| name = Sarah D. Morrison

| duty station = Columbus

| born = 1970

| term = 2019–present

| chief term = 2024–present

| senior term = —

| appointer = Trump

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 30

| title = District Judge

| name = Edmund A. Sargus Jr.

| duty station = Columbus

| born = 1953

| term = 1996–present

| chief term = 2015–2019

| senior term = —

| appointer = Clinton

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 31

| title = District Judge

| name = Algenon L. Marbley

| duty station = Columbus

| born = 1954

| term = 1997–present

| chief term = 2019–2024

| senior term = —

| appointer = Clinton

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 34

| title = District Judge

| name = Michael H. Watson

| duty station = Columbus

| born = 1956

| term = 2004–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = G.W. Bush

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 38

| title = District Judge

| name = Douglas R. Cole

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1964

| term = 2019–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = Trump

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 39

| title = District Judge

| name = Matthew W. McFarland

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1967

| term = 2019–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = Trump

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 40

| title = District Judge

| name = Michael J. Newman

| duty station = Dayton

| born = 1960

| term = 2020–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = Trump

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 41

| title = District Judge

| name = Jeffery P. Hopkins

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1960

| term = 2022–present

| chief term = —

| senior term = —

| appointer = Biden

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 23

| title = Senior Judge

| name = Walter Herbert Rice

| duty station = Dayton

| born = 1937

| term = 1980–2004

| chief term = 1996–2003

| senior term = 2004–present

| appointer=Carter

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 25

| title = Senior Judge

| name = Herman Jacob Weber

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1927

| term = 1985–2002

| chief term = —

| senior term = 2002–present

| appointer=Reagan

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 26

| title = Senior Judge

| name = James L. Graham

| duty station = Columbus

| born = 1939

| term = 1986–2004

| chief term = 2003–2004

| senior term = 2004–present

| appointer=Reagan

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 28

| title = Senior Judge

| name = Sandra Beckwith

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1943

| term = 1992–2009

| chief term = 2004–2009

| senior term = 2009–present

| appointer = G.H.W. Bush

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 29

| title = Senior Judge

| name = Susan J. Dlott

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1949

| term = 1995–2018

| chief term = 2009–2015

| senior term = 2018–present

| appointer=Clinton

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 32

| title = Senior Judge

| name = Thomas M. Rose

| duty station = Dayton

| born = 1948

| term = 2002–2017

| chief term = —

| senior term = 2017–present

| appointer=G.W. Bush

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 35

| title = Senior Judge

| name = Michael R. Barrett

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1951

| term = 2006–2019

| chief term = —

| senior term = 2019–present

| appointer=G.W. Bush

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Current

| index = 36

| title = Senior Judge

| name = Timothy Black

| duty station = Cincinnati

| born = 1953

| term = 2010–2022

| chief term = —

| senior term = 2022–present

| appointer = Obama

}}

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chief term=—|

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index=2|

name={{sortname|Philip Bergen|Swing}}|

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appointer={{sortname||Grant|List of federal judges appointed by Ulysses S. Grant}}|

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index=3|

name={{sortname|William|White|dab=Ohio judge}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1822–1883|

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senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Arthur|List of federal judges appointed by Chester A. Arthur}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=4|

name={{sortname|George Read|Sage}}|

state=OH|

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term=1883–1898Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 18, 1883, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 7, 1884, and received commission the same day.|

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senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Arthur|List of federal judges appointed by Chester A. Arthur}}|

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{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=5|

name={{sortname|Albert C.|Thompson}}|

state=OH|

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term=1898–1910Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 13, 1898, confirmed by the Senate on December 20, 1898, and received commission the same day.|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||McKinley|List of federal judges appointed by William McKinley}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=6|

name={{sortname|John Elbert|Sater}}|

state=OH|

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term=1907–1924Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 8, 1908, confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1909, and received commission the same day.|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|T.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=7|

name={{sortname|Howard Clark|Hollister}}|

state=OH|

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term=1910–1919|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Taft|List of federal judges appointed by William Howard Taft}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=8|

name={{sortname|John Weld|Peck}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1874–1937|

term=1919–1923|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Wilson|List of federal judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=9|

name={{sortname|Smith|Hickenlooper}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1880–1933|

term=1923–1929|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Harding|List of federal judges appointed by Warren G. Harding}}|

termination=elevation to 6th Cir.|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=10|

name={{sortname|Benson W.|Hough}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1875–1935|

term=1925–1935|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Coolidge|List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=11|

name={{sortname|Robert Reasoner|Nevin}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1875–1952|

term=1929–1952|

chief term=1948–1952|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Coolidge|List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=12|

name={{sortname|Mell G.|Underwood}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1892–1972|

term=1936–1965|

chief term=1953–1962|

senior term=1965–1972|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=13|

name={{sortname|John H.|Druffel}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1886–1967|

term=1937–1961Recess appointment; formally nominated on November 16, 1937, confirmed by the Senate on December 8, 1937, and received commission on December 14, 1937.|

chief term=—|

senior term=1961–1967|

appointer={{sortname|F.|Roosevelt|List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=14|

name={{sortname|Lester LeFevre|Cecil}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1893–1982|

term=1953–1959|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Eisenhower|List of federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower}}|

termination=elevation to 6th Cir.|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=15|

name={{sortname|Carl Andrew|Weinman}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1903–1979|

term=1959–1973|

chief term=1962–1973|

senior term=1973–1979|

appointer={{sortname||Eisenhower|List of federal judges appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=16|

name={{sortname|John Weld|Peck II}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1913–1993|

term=1961–1966Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 15, 1962, confirmed by the Senate on April 11, 1962, and received commission on April 12, 1962.|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Kennedy|List of federal judges appointed by John F. Kennedy}}|

termination=elevation to 6th Cir.|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=17|

name={{sortname|Joseph Peter|Kinneary}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1905–2003|

term=1966–1986|

chief term=1973–1975|

senior term=1986–2003|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=18|

name={{sortname|Timothy Sylvester|Hogan|dab=judge}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1909–1989|

term=1966–1979|

chief term=1975–1977|

senior term=1979–1989|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=19|

name={{sortname|David Stewart|Porter}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1909–1989|

term=1966–1979|

chief term=1977–1979|

senior term=1979–1989|

appointer={{sortname|L.|Johnson|List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=20|

name={{sortname|Carl Bernard|Rubin}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1920–1995|

term=1971–1995|

chief term=1979–1990|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=21|

name={{sortname|Robert Morton|Duncan}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1927–2012|

term=1974–1985|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname||Nixon|List of federal judges appointed by Richard Nixon}}|

termination=resignation|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=22|

name={{sortname|John David|Holschuh}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1926–2011|

term=1980–1996|

chief term=1990–1996|

senior term=1996–2011|

appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=24|

name={{sortname|S. Arthur|Spiegel}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1920–2014|

term=1980–1995|

chief term=—|

senior term=1995–2014|

appointer={{sortname||Carter|List of federal judges appointed by Jimmy Carter}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=27|

name={{sortname|George Curtis|Smith}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1935–2020|

term=1987–2002|

chief term=—|

senior term=2002–2020|

appointer={{sortname||Reagan|List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan}}|

termination=death|

}}

{{U.S. judgeship row Former|

index=33|

name={{sortname|Gregory L.|Frost}}|

state=OH|

borndied=1949–present|

term=2003–2016|

chief term=—|

senior term=—|

appointer={{sortname|G.W.|Bush|List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush}}|

termination=retirement|

}}

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| seat title = Seat 1

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat reassigned from District of Ohio on February 10, 1855 by 10 Stat. 604

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Leavitt

| term = 1855–1871

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Swing

| term = 1871–1882

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = White

| term = 1883

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Sage

| term = 1883–1898

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Thompson

| term = 1898–1910

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat abolished on January 26, 1910 (temporary judgeship expired)

}}

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| seat title = Seat 2

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on February 25, 1907 by 34 Stat. 928 (temporary)

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat became permanent upon the abolition of Seat 1 on January 26, 1910

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Sater

| term = 1909–1924

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hough

| term = 1925–1935

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Underwood

| term = 1936–1965

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Kinneary

| term = 1966–1986

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Smith

| term = 1987–2002

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Frost

| term = 2003–2016

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Morrison

| term = 2019–present

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

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{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 3

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on February 24, 1910 by 36 Stat. 202

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hollister

| term = 1910–1919

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Peck

| term = 1919–1923

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hickenlooper

| term = 1923–1927

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Nevin

| term = 1929–1952

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Cecil

| term = 1953–1959

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Weinman

| term = 1959–1973

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Duncan

| term = 1974–1985

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Graham

| term = 1986–2004

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Watson

| term = 2004–present

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

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| seat title = Seat 4

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat established on August 25, 1937 by 50 Stat. 805

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Druffel

| term = 1937–1961

}}

{{U.S. judge succession 3 note

| text = Seat abolished on September 30, 1961 (temporary judgeship expired)

}}

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{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 5

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on May 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80 (temporary)

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat became permanent upon the abolition of Seat 4 on September 30, 1961

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Peck II

| term = 1961–1966

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hogan

| term = 1966–1979

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Rice

| term = 1980–2004

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Barrett

| term = 2006–2019

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Newman

| term = 2020–present

}}

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| seat title = Seat 6

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on March 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Porter

| term = 1966–1979

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Spiegel

| term = 1980–1995

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Dlott

| term = 1995–2018

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Cole

| term = 2019–present

}}

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| seat title = Seat 7

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on June 2, 1970 by 84 Stat. 294

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Rubin

| term = 1971–1995

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Sargus, Jr.

| term = 1996–present

}}

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{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 8

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Holschuh

| term = 1980–1996

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Marbley

| term = 1997–present

}}

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{{start U.S. judge succession

| seat title = Seat 9

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 347

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Weber

| term = 1985–2002

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Rose

| term = 2002–2017

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = McFarland

| term = 2019–present

}}

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| seat title = Seat 10

}}

{{U.S. judge succession note

| text = Seat established on December 1, 1990 by 104 Stat. 5089

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Beckwith

| term = 1992–2009

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Black

| term = 2010–2022

}}

{{U.S. judge succession row

| name = Hopkins

| term = 2022–present

}}

{{end U.S. judge succession}}

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