The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (in the case excerpt, SD Ala. ) is a federal court at the Eleventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the US government under Tucker Act, who appealed to the Federal Circuit).
The district was founded on March 10, 1824, with the division of the country into the North and South districts.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama represents the United States in criminal and civil litigation in court. The current United States lawyer is Richard W. Moore.
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Organization court
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama is one of three federal district courts in Alabama. District Courts are held in Mobile and Selma.
Mobile The division consists of the following countries: Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, and Washington.
Selma Division consists of the following countries: Dallas, Hale, Marengo, Perry, and Wilcox.
Maps United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
The current judge
Pending vacancies and nominees
Former jury
Chief Justice
The Chief Judge has administrative responsibility for their district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, in which one justice is specifically nominated for head, the office of the chief judge revolves among district court judges. To be a chief, a judge must have been active in court for at least a year, under 65, and has never served as a chief judge. Vacancies are filled by the highest judges in seniority among eligible judges. The presiding judge shall be valid for a period of seven years or until the age of 70, whichever occurs first. Age restrictions are waived if no court member will qualify for that position.
When the office was founded in 1948, the chief judge was the longest serving judge who did not choose to retire on what has been known since 1958 as a senior status or refused to serve as a chief judge. After 6 August 1959, the judge could not become or remain head after the age of 70 years. Current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.
Court Decision
Wallace v. Jaffree (1983) - The court insists that silent prayer is allowed in Mobile County public schools. The decision was reversed by the Eleventh Circuit and the US Supreme Court, both of which decided that it violated the First Amendment Clause Clause.
Smith v. Mobile School School Boards (1987) - Court rules that textbooks promoting secular humanism are unconstitutional, run contrary to the First Amendment Clause Clause. The decision was reversed by the Eleventh Circuit, which states that secular humanism is not a violation of the Clause of Establishment.
Searcy v. Strange (2015) - District Judge Callie VS "Ginny" Granade decided that Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, violating article 14 of the same Amendment of protection, on 23 January. A few days later, he issued an order to clarify his decision, saying that all judge magistrates in Alabama, who issued a marriage certificate, had to obey the order. He stayed ordering it for two weeks to allow the defendant state time to seek residence from a higher court. On February 3, the Eleventh Circuit denied the stay, having refused to stay in a similar case from Florida several months earlier. On February 9, as the order came into force, the US Supreme Court also rejected it.
Chair seats
See also
- Alabama Court
- List of US federal courthouses in Alabama
Note
External links
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- US Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
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