United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana



The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (in case citations, N.D. Ind.) was created in 1928 by an act of Congress that split Indiana into two separate districts, northern and southern. As part of the act, the Northern District was divided into three divisions, South Bend, Fort Wayne, and Hammond (which has a sub-office in Lafayette). Appeals from this court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The court has eight judges and four magistrate judges. As of October 2021, the United States attorney is Clifford D. Johnson.

History
The United States District Court for the District of Indiana was established on March 3, 1817, by. The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on April 21, 1928, by. Of all district courts to be subdivided, Indiana existed for the longest time as a single court, 111 years.

Divisions of the Northern District

 * Fort Wayne: Adams County, Allen County, Blackford County, DeKalb County, Grant County, Huntington County, Jay County, LaGrange County, Noble County, Steuben County, Wells County, and Whitley County.
 * Hammond: Lake County and Porter County.
 * Lafayette: Benton County, Carroll County, Jasper County, Newton County, Tippecanoe County, Warren County and White County.
 * South Bend: Cass County, Elkhart County, Fulton County, Kosciusko County, LaPorte County, Marshall County, Miami County, Pulaski County, St. Joseph County, Starke County and Wabash County.

List of U.S. attorneys since 1928

 * Oliver Mullins Loomis 1928–1933
 * James R. Fleming 1933–1941
 * Alexander M. Campbell 1941–1949
 * Gilmore Haynie 1949–1953
 * Joseph H. Lesh 1953–1954
 * Phil M. McNagny Jr. 1954–1958
 * Kenneth C. Raub 1959–1962
 * Philip C. Potts 1962
 * Alfred Moellering 1962–1970
 * William C. Lee 1970–1973
 * John R. Wilks 1973–1977
 * David T. Ready 1977–1981
 * R. Lawrence Steel Jr. 1981–1985
 * James G. Richmond 1985–1991
 * John F. Hoehner 1991–1993
 * Jon DeGuilio 1993–1999
 * Joseph S. Van Bokkelen 2001–2007
 * David A. Capp 2007–2017
 * Thomas Kirsch 2017–2020
 * Clifford D. Johnson 2021–present