HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 175 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 95, 36 Stat. 1119; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 344, 37 Stat. 357; Feb. 20, 1926, ch. 23, 44 Stat. 8). Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. § 110. New Jersey New Jersey constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Camden, Newark and Trenton. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 885.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 176 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 96, 36 Stat. 1119; Aug. 9, 1912, ch. 277, 37 Stat. 265; Feb. 14, 1913, ch. 53, 37 Stat. 674; May 17, 1926, ch. 311, 44 Stat. 561). Provisions relating to maintenance of offices by the clerk and marshal were omitted as covered by sections 452, 541, 542, and 751 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. 8 111. New Mexico New Mexico constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Roswell, Santa Fe, and Silver City. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 885.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 177 (June 20, 1910, ch. 310, § 13, 36 Stat. 565; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 149, 41 Stat. 1361; June 7, 1924, ch. 332, 43 Stat. 642). The reference to Raton as a place of holding court was omitted on advice of the clerk that court is no longer held there. Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Las Vegas were omitted as obsolete upon advice of Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now available. Provision for adjournment or continuance in case of insufficient business by orders made anywhere in the district was omitted as covered by section 138 of this title. Provisions for transfer of causes, civil or criminal, from one place of holding court to another were omitted. Such provisions, as to civil cases, are covered by section 1404 of this title, and, as to criminal cases, are rendered unnecessary because of inherent power of the court, and Rules 18-20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, relating to venue. Provisions for appointment of deputy clerks and deputy marshals and maintenance of offices at various cities were omitted as covered by sections 541, 542, and 751 of this title. The provision respecting court accommodations at Silver City was omitted as covered by section 142 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. § 112. New York New York is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York. Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Tioga, Tompkins, Ulster, Warren, and Washington. Court for the Northern District shall be held at Albany, Auburn, Binghamton, Malone, Syracuse, and Utica. Southern District (b) The Southern District comprises the counties of Bronx, Dutchess, New York, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, and Westchester and concurrently with the Eastern District, the waters within the Eastern District. Court for the Southern District shall be held at New York and White Plains. Eastern District (c) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk and concurrently with the Southern District, the waters within the counties of Bronx and New York. Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Brooklyn and Hempstead (including the village of Uniondale). Western District (d) The Western District comprises the counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. Court for the Western District shall be held at Buffalo, Canandaigua, Elmira, Jamestown, and Rochester. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 885; Dec. 18, 1967, Pub. L. 90-217, 81 Stat. 662; Dec. 14, 1970, Pub. L. 91-546, § 1, 84 Stat. 1412; Apr. 28, 1978, Pub. L. 95-271, § 1, 92 Stat. 221; Oct. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-408, § 4(c), 92 Stat. 885; Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-573, § 3, 92 Stat. 2458.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 178 and 178a (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 97, 36 Stat. 1119; Jan. 21, 1920, ch. 50, 41 Stat. 394; July 1, 1922, ch. 260, 42 Stat. 812; Aug. 12, 1937, ch. 591, 50 Stat. 623). A reference in section 178 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., to Franklin County in the list of Counties in the Northern District, in which one term might be held annually, in the discretion of the judge, was omitted as superseded by the provisions of said section 178a of title 28, requiring an annual term to be held at Malone, which is in Franklin County. References to seizures made, matters done and processes or orders issued respecting waters within the concurrent jurisdiction of the southern and eastern districts, were omitted as unnecessary and covered by the revised language. Provision for 20 days' notice of the special term authorized in the discretion of the court in the counties of Clinton, Jefferson, Onondaga, Oswego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, and Schenectady was omitted as unnecessary, in view of section 141 of this title providing for such notice as the district judge orders. The special provision permitting any district judge in New York to act as judge in any other district in that State upon request of the resident district judge was omitted, thus making applicable the uniform pro cedure for designation and assignment of district judges throughout the United States, provided by section 292 of this title. Words "with the waters thereof" after the list of counties in each district were omitted as unnecessary and inconsistent with other sections of this chapter. The provisions with reference to the return of process in admiralty cases, the designation of judges and their powers, and the holding of sessions for the hearing of motions and for proceedings in bankruptcy and admiralty, were omitted as unnecessary and more properly the subject of rule of court. The provisions of sections 178 and 178a of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., respecting court accommodations at Malone and in the counties of Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Onondaga, St. Lawrence, Clinton, Jefferson, Oswego, and Franklin, were omitted as covered by section 142 of this title. The county of Bronx, in the southern district, was formed out of a part of New York County in 1912. Lockport was omitted as a place of holding court in the Western District. Court has not been held there for 32 years. Changes were made in arrangement and phraseolo gy. AMENDMENTS 1978 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–408, § 4(c)(1), added the counties of Columbia, Greene and Ulster to those counties comprising the Northern District of New York. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-573 provided for the holding of a term of court at White Plains in the Southern District of New York. Pub. L. 95-408, § 4(c)(2), deleted Columbia, Greene, and Ulster from those counties comprising the Southern District of New York. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-271 substituted "and Hempstead (including the village of Uniondale)" for "Mineola, and Westbury". 1970 Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91-546 added Westbury to the list of enumerated places for holding court in the Eastern District. 1967-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-217 added Mineola to the list of enumerated places for holding court in the Eastern District. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 Amendment; Savings Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, with such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as a note under section 89 of this title. PRETERMISSION OF REGULAR SESSION OF COURT AT HEMPSTEAD AND HOLDING OF SPECIAL SESSION AT WESTBURY; PROCEDURES APPLICABLE, APPROPRI ATIONS, ETC. Sections 2 to 5 of Pub. L. 95-271 provided that: "SEC. 2. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, by order made any. where within its district, may pretermit the regular session of court at Hempstead until Federal quarters and accommodations are available and ready for occupancy, except that for the entire period and such pretermission, a special session of the court shall be held at Westbury. Pretermission may be ordered without regard to the provisions of section 140(a) of title 28, United States Code. "SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 142 of title 28, United States Code, the Administrator of General Services, at the request of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, shall continue to provide existing quarters and accommodations at Westbury for the duration of the special session held pursuant to section 2 of this Act. Appro priations to the judicial branch of Government shall be available to the Director to make necessary disbursements for such quarters and accommodations, and to pay user charges as required by section 210 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490), at rates otherwise authorized by law. "SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 456 of title 28, United States Code, any judge, and any officer or employee of the judicial branch, whose official station is, on the day before the date of enactment of this Act (Apr. 28, 1978], Westbury, may maintain that official station for the duration of the special session held pursuant to section 2 of this Act. "SEC. 5. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may pay travel and transportation expenses in accordance with subchapter II, chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, to any officer or employee of the judicial branch whose official station changes as a consequence of this Act [enacting this provision and amending subsec. (c) of this section] and who relocates his residence incident to such change of official station." § 113. North Carolina North Carolina is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina. Eastern District (a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell, Vance, Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson and that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina. Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Clinton, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, New Bern, Raleigh, Washington, Wilmington, and Wilson. Middle District (b) The Middle District comprises the counties of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie, Durham (excluding that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina), Forsythe, Guilford, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin. Court for the Middle District shall be held at Durham, Greensboro, and WinstonSalem. Western District (c) The Western District comprises the counties of Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Union, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey. Court for the Western District shall be held at Asheville, Bryson City, Charlotte, Shelby, and Statesville. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 886; Nov. 2, 1985, Pub. L. 89-319, 79 Stat. 1186; Oct. 15, 1980, Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(a)-(c), 94 Stat. 2053, 2054.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 179 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, 98, 36 Stat. 1120; Oct. 7, 1914, ch. 318, 28 Stat. 728; Mar. 17, 1920, ch. 101, § 1, 41 Stat. 531; June 7, 1924, ch. 359, § 1, 43 Stat. 661; Dec. 24, 1924, ch. 18, 43 Stat. 721; June 12, 1926, ch. 566, 44 Stat. 734; June 22, 1926, ch. 645, 44 Stat. 758; June 22, 1926, ch. 646, 44 Stat. 758; Mar. 2, 1927, ch. 276, 44 Stat. 1339; Apr. 25, 1928, ch. 432, 45 Stat. 457; May 10, 1928, ch. 516, 45 Stat. 495; Feb. 20, 1933, ch. 107, 47 Stat. 859; Feb. 28, 1933, ch. 133, 47 Stat. 1350; June 28, 1935, ch. 330, 1, 2, 49 Stat. 429; June 24, 1936, ch. 744, 49 Stat. 1898; June 24, 1936, ch. 759, 49 Stat. 1910; Aug. 17, 1937, ch. 688, 50 Stat. 671). References to civil and criminal terms at Raleigh were omitted as more properly the subject of rule of court. The following language at the end of section 179 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., was omitted: "There shall be a judge appointed for the said middle district in the manner now provided by law who shall receive the salary provided by law for the judges of the eastern and western districts, and a district attorney, marshal, clerk, and other officers in the manner and at the salary now provided by law. All causes in the said middle district in equity, bankruptcy, or admiralty, in which orders and decrees have already been made and which are now in process of trial, shall continue and remain subject to the jurisdiction of the judge of that district by whom the same shall have been made and before whom the same shall have been partially tried and determined." The first sentence is superfluous in view of other sections of this title governing the appointment and compensation of the judges, clerks and marshals of the district courts and of district attorneys. The last sentence is obsolete, having been enacted in 1927, and being limited to cases affected by the creation of the middle district. Provisions for maintenance of offices by the clerks at certain cities were omitted. (See Reviser's Note under sections 452 and 751 of this title.) Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Durham, Rockingham, and Winston-Salem were omitted as obsolete upon advice of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now available in such places. The provisions respecting court accommodations at Bryson City and Shelby were omitted as covered by section 142 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS 1980 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(a), added that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina to the Eastern District. Subsec, (b), Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(b), struck out references to Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties in the list of counties comprising the Middle District; inserted "(excluding that portion of Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional Institution, Butner, North Carolina)" in the first sentence as the probable intent of Congress; and struck out references to Rockingham, Salisbury, and Wilkesboro as locations where court for the Middle District shall be held. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-462, § 5(c), added Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties to the Western District. 1965-Pub. L. 89-319 added "Clinton" to the list of places where court for the Eastern District shall be held. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT; SAVINGS PROVISIONS Amendment by Pub. L. 96-462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, but not to affect the composition or preclude the service 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. Section 5(d) of Pub. L. 96-462 provided that: "The amendments made by this section [amending this section] shall not apply to any action commenced before the effective date of such amendments [Oct. 1, 1981] and pending in any judicial district of North Carolina on such date." § 114. North Dakota North Dakota constitutes one judicial district comprising four divisions. (1) The Southwestern Division comprises the counties of Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, Kidder, Logan, McIntosh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Sioux, Slope, and Stark. Court for the Southwestern Division shall be held at Bismarck. (2) The Southeastern Division comprises the counties of Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Eddy, Foster, Griggs, La Moure, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, and Stutsman. Court for the Southeastern Division shall (3) The Northeastern Division comprises (4) The Northwestern Division comprises Court for the Northwestern Division shall be held at Minot. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 886; Oct. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-408, § 3(b), 92 Stat. 883.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 180 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 99, 36 Stat. 1121; Feb. 5, 1912, ch. 28, 37 Stat. 60; July 17, 1916, ch. 248, 39 Stat. 386; Apr. 10, 1926, ch. 112, 44 Stat. 237; June 3, 1930, ch. 394, 46 Stat. 495; June 29, 1932, ch. 305, 47 Stat. 341; June 19, 1934, ch. 664, 48 Stat. 1120; Dec. 16, 1944, ch. 604, 58 Stat. 814). A provision relating to maintenance of offices by the clerk was omitted as covered by section 751 of this title. The provision that Indian reservations shall constitute parts of the divisions within which they are situated was omitted as surplusage. Similar provisions, relating to reservations in South Dakota and Washington, respectively, appeared in sections 187 and 193 of said title 28, on which sections 122 and 128 of this title are based. They were omitted for the same reason. Such provisions did not appear in sections respecting other States containing Indian reservations. Jamestown and Devils Lake were omitted as places of holding court. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the district judge, and the senior circuit judge advise that court has not been held in these places for many years. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS 1978-Par. (2). Pub. L. 95-408, § 3(b)(1), deleted Sheridan and Wells from the counties comprising the Southeastern Division. Par. (3). Pub. L. 95–408, § 3(b)(2), deleted Bottineau, McHenry and Pierce from the counties comprising the Northeastern Division. Par. (4). Pub. L. 95–408, § 3(b)(3), added Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Sheridan and Wells to those counties comprising the Northwestern Division. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDment, Savings Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, with such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as a note under section 89 of this title. § 115. Ohio Ohio is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises two divisions. (1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, and Wayne. Court for the Eastern Division shall be held Court for the Western Division shall be Southern District (b) The Southern District comprises two divisions. (1) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Lawrence, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, Scioto, Shelby, and Warren. Court for the Western Division shall be held at Cincinnati and Dayton. (2) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Athens, Belmont, Coshoc ton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Monroe, Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Court for the Eastern Division shall be held (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 887; Feb. 10, 1954, ch. 6, § 2(b)(9), 68 Stat. 11.) HISTORICAL and RevisiON NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 181 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 100, 36 Stat. 1121; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 159, 38 Stat. 1187; Feb. 14, 1923, ch. 78, 42 Stat. 1246). Other provisions of said section 181 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., are incorporated in section 1865 of this title. Provisions relating to the place of institution or trial of prosecutions and civil actions and transfer thereof were omitted. Such provisions, as to civil cases, are covered by section 1391 et seq. of this title, and as to criminal cases, are rendered unnecessary because of inherent power of the court and Rules 18-20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure relating to venue. The provision respecting court accommodations at Lima was omitted as covered by section 142 of this title. Changes were made in arrangement and phraseolo gy. AMENDMENTS 1954-Subsec. (a)(1). Act Feb. 10, 1954, added a reference to Akron as an additional place for holding court in the Eastern Division of the Northern District. § 116. Oklahoma Oklahoma is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma. Northern District (a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Craig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and Washington. Court for the Northern District shall be held at Bartlesville, Miami, Pawhuska, Tulsa, and Vinita. Eastern District (b) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer Le Flore Love, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Murray, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Wagoner. Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Ada, Ardmore, Durant, Hugo, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Poteau, and S. McAlester. Western District (c) The Western District comprises the counties of Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Stephens, Texas, Tillman, Washita, Woods, and Woodward. Court for the Western District shall be held at Chickasha, Enid, Guthrie, Lawton, Mangum, Oklahoma City, Pauls Valley, Ponca City, Shawnee, and Woodward. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 887; Aug. 4, 1966, Pub. L. 89-526, § 1, 80 Stat. 335.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 182, 182a (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 101, 36 Stat. 1122; Feb. 20, 1917, ch. 102, 39 Stat. 927; June 13, 1918, ch. 98, 40 Stat. 604; Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 54, 40 Stat. 1184; June 5, 1924, ch. 259, 43 Stat. 387; Jan. 10, 1925, chs. 68, 69, 43 Stat. 730, 731; Feb. 16, 1925, ch. 233, § 1, 43 Stat. 945; May 7, 1926, ch. 255, 44 Stat. 408; Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 395, 45 Stat. 440; Mar. 2, 1929, ch. 539, 45 Stat. 1518; June 28, 1930, ch. 714, 46 Stat. 829; May 13, 1936, ch. 386, 49 Stat. 1271; Aug. 12, 1937, ch. 595, 50 Stat. 625). Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Ada, Bartlesville, Mangum, Miami, Okmulgee, and Ponca City were omitted as obsolete, on advice of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now available at such places. A provision making inoperative the requirement for furnishing court accommodations without cost to the United States whenever the same shall be provided in federal buildings at Shawnee, was omitted as unnecessary. When such buildings become available the Director will, under section 604 of this title, provide court accommodations therein. A provision for adjournment of any term by an order made in chambers, is incorporated in section 140 of this title. Provisions relating to maintenance of offices by the clerks were omitted as covered by section 751 of this title. The provisions respecting court accommodations at Durant, Hugo, Poteau, Pauls Valley, Pawhuska, and Shawnee were omitted as covered by section 142 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS 1966-Pub. L. 89-526 transferred from the Eastern District in subsec. (b) to the Western District in subsec. (c) the counties of Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, and Stephens and the places for holding court at Chickasha and Pauls Valley. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1966 AMENDMENT Section 2 of Pub. L. 89-526 provided that: "The amendments made by this Act [amending subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section] shall take effect on the sixtieth day after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 4, 1966]." § 117. Oregon Oregon constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Coquille, Eugene, (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 888; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 514, 64 Stat. 393; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-272, § 7, 84 Stat. 297.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 183 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 102, 36 Stat. 1122; Nov. 6, 1945, ch. 447, 59 Stat. 555). Provisions relating to appointment and residence of deputies by the clerk and marshal, and maintenance of offices by said officers, were omitted as covered by sections 541, 542, and 751 of this title. Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made. AMENDMENTS 1970-Pub. L. 91-272 added Coquille to the enumeration of cities in which court may be held. 1950-Act Aug. 3, 1950, provided for holding term of court at Eugene. § 118. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. Eastern District (a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, and Schuylkill. Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Allentown, Easton, Reading, and Philadelphia. Middle District (b) The Middle District comprises the counties of Adams, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, and York. Court for the Middle District shall be held at Harrisburg, Lewisburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Williamsport. Western District (c) The Western District comprises the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland. Court for the Western District shall be held at Erie, Johnstown, and Pittsburgh. (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 888; June 2, 1970, Pub. L. 91-272, § 6, 84 Stat. 297; Nov. 2, 1978, Pub. L. 95-573, § 4, 92 Stat. 2458.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 184 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 103, 36 Stat. 1123; Mar. 3, 1913, ch. 113, 37 Stat. 730; June 6, 1914, ch. 104, 38 Stat. 385; Sept. 9, 1914, ch. 296, 38 Stat. 713; Apr. 26, 1926, ch. 185, 44 Stat. 324; June 27, 1930, ch. 634, 46 Stat. 820; Aug. 3, 1935, ch. 433, 49 Stat. 514; May 13, 1936, ch. 385, 49 Stat. 1271; June 13, 1938, ch. 351, 52 Stat. 674; Mar. 5, 1942, ch. 143, 56 Stat. 132). Provisions relating to maintenance of offices at certain places by the clerks and marshals were omitted as covered by sections 541 and 751 of this title. Provisions for the continuance of terms were omitted as covered by section 139 of this title. Provisions with respect to the return of process, and the places of keeping court papers, were omitted as |