| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
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| Location | James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) |
| Appeals to | Third Circuit |
| Established | April 20, 1818 |
| Judges | 22 |
| Chief Judge | Mitchell S. Goldberg |
| Officers of the court | |
| U.S. Attorney | Jacqueline C. Romero |
| U.S. Marshal | Eric S. Gartner |
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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, and is now located at the James Byrne Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia. There are five Eastern District federal courtrooms in Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Lancaster, Allentown, Reading, and Easton.
The Court's jurisdiction includes nine counties in eastern Pennsylvania: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia counties. The district is a part of the Third Circuit, and appeals are taken to that Circuit, except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit.
The chief judge for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Court is Mitchell S. Goldberg.
The people in the district are represented by the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. As of June 21, 2022[update], the U.S. attorney is Jacqueline C. Romero.[1]
- ^ "Jacqueline C. Romero Sworn in as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania" (Press release). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. June 21, 2022. Retrieved June 21, 2022.