United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
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(M.D. Tenn.) | |
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Location | Fred D Thompson Federal Building & Courthouse More locations |
Appeals to | Sixth Circuit |
Established | June 18, 1839 |
Judges | 4 |
Chief Judge | William L. Campbell Jr. |
Officers of the court | |
U.S. Attorney | Henry C. Leventis |
U.S. Marshal | Denny Wade King |
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The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (in case citations, M.D. Tenn.) is the federal trial court for most of Middle Tennessee. Based at the Estes Kefauver Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Nashville, it was created in 1839 when Congress added a third district to the state. Tennessee—along with Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan—is located within the area covered by United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and appeals are taken to that court (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
As of January 11, 2023[update] the United States attorney is Henry C. Leventis.
The Middle District has three divisions. (1) The Columbia Division comprises the counties of Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, and Wayne. (2) The Northeastern Division comprises the counties of Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, and White. (3) The Nashville Division comprises the counties of Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson.