| Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 940 Front Street San Diego, California United States |
| Coordinates | 32°42′54″N 117°09′55″W / 32.714944°N 117.165177°W |
| Completed | 1975 |
| Client | District Court for the Southern District of California |
| Owner | General Services Administration |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 895,000 sq ft (83,148 m2) |
The Edward J. Schwartz United States Courthouse is a courthouse building located in San Diego, California. It is a courthouse for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The 103rd Congress designated the building under H.R. 3770 in 1994, which became Public Law 103-228. The Courthouse is one of the busiest federal court houses in the nation.[1] The courthouse is 895,000 square feet.[1]
The building is named for District Court Judge Edward Joseph Schwartz.
On May 4, 2008, Rachel Lynn Carlock and her boyfriend Donny Love Sr. placed a backpack containing three pipe bombs at the front door. The bombs went off without injuring anyone and only shattering the doors to the courthouse.[2]
A proposed annex grew to become an additional federal court building, the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse.
- ^ a b "U.S. courthouse plan draws fire". SignOn San Diego. 2005. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ^ "San Diego Woman Sentenced for Courthouse Bombing". San Diego 6. November 2, 2001. Archived from the original on November 4, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.