United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (in case citations, N.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over fifty-two of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The United States District Court for the District of Iowa, established on March 3, 1845, by, was subdivided into the current Northern and Southern Districts on July 20, 1882, by.

Presently, the court has two district judges, Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand and Judge C. J. Williams, one senior judge, Linda R. Reade, and two magistrate judges, Kelly Mahoney and Mark A. Roberts.

The court is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with a satellite courthouse in Sioux City.

, the acting United States attorney is Timothy T. Duax.

Jurisdiction
[[File:Iowa federal court districts and divisions.svg|thumb|upright=2|Federal judicial districts and divisions in Iowa.

Northern District of Iowa {{Legend|#67001f|Western Division}} {{Legend|#d6604d|Central Division}} {{Legend|#fddbc7|Eastern Division}} {{Legend|#b2182b|Cedar Rapids Division}} Southern District of Iowa {{Legend|#d1e5f0|Western Division}} {{Legend|#053061|Central Division}} {{Legend|#4393c3|Davenport Division}} ]] The Northern District of Iowa has four court divisions, each covering the following counties:

The Cedar Rapids Division, covering Benton, Cedar, Grundy, Hardin, Iowa, Jones, Linn, and Tama counties.

The Central Division, covering Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright counties.

The Eastern Division, covering Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Jackson, Mitchell, and Winneshiek counties.

The Western Division, covering Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury counties.

U.S. Attorneys

 * Maurice D. O'Connell 1883-86
 * Timothy P. Murphy 1886-90
 * Maurice D. O'Connell 1890-94
 * Cato Sells 1894-98
 * Horace G. McMillan 1898-1907
 * Frederick F. Faville 1907-13
 * Anthony Van Wagenen 1913-14
 * Frank A. O'Connor 1914-21
 * Guy P. Linville 1921-27
 * Bennett E. Rhinehart 1927-31
 * Harry M. Reed 1931-34
 * Edward G. Dunn 1934-40
 * Tobias E. Diamond 1940-52
 * Michael L. Mason 1952-53
 * F. G. Van Alstine 1953-61
 * Donald E. O'Brien 1961-67
 * Steve Turner 1967
 * Asher E. Schroeder 1967-69
 * Evan L. Hultman 1969-77
 * James H. Reynolds 1977-82
 * Evan L. Hultman 1982-86
 * Robert L. Teig 1986
 * Charles W. Larson, Sr. 1986-93
 * Robert L. Teig 1993
 * Stephen J. Rapp 1993-2001
 * Charles W. Larson, Sr. 2001 -2006
 * Judith A. Whetstine 2007
 * Matt M. Dummermuth 2007-2009
 * Stephanie M. Rose 2009-2012
 * Sean R. Berry 2012-2014
 * Kevin W. Techau 2014-2017
 * Peter Deegan 2017-2021
 * Sean R. Berry 2021-2022
 * Timothy T. Duax 2022-present