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| United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama | |
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| (N.D. Ala.) | |
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| Location | Birmingham |
| Appeals to | Eleventh Circuit |
| Established | March 10, 1824 |
| Judges | 8 |
| Chief Judge | R. David Proctor |
| Officers of the court | |
| U.S. Attorney | Prim F. Escalona (interim) |
| U.S. Marshal | Chester Martin Keely |
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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (in case citations, N.D. Ala.) is a federal court in the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The District was established on March 10, 1824, with the division of the state into a Northern and Southern district. The circuit court itself was established on June 22, 1874.[1]
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Alabama represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The interim United States attorney is Prim F. Escalona, who was appointed by United States Attorney General William Barr following the resignation of Jay Town on July 15, 2020.[2]
- ^ U.S. District Courts of Alabama, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center
- ^ Barr, William P. (July 16, 2020). "Attorney General William P. Barr Announces the Appointment of Prim F. Escalona as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama" (Press release). Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs. Retrieved July 22, 2020.