The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (in case citations, M.D. Ala.) is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Coffee, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, and Tallapoosa. It has jurisdiction over the city of Montgomery.

The District was created by the United States Congress on February 6, 1839, by 5 Stat. 315, from parts of the existing Northern and Southern Districts. The establishing legislation specified that the Middle District Court was to be held at Tuscaloosa, the Northern District Court at Huntsville, and the Southern District Court at Mobile. These Districts were again reorganized on August 7, 1848.

Appeals from cases brought in the Middle District of Alabama are to the United States Court of Appeals for 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 United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Alabama represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Leura Garrett Canary.

Table of judges

Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	End reason
William Harold Albritton III	George H. W. Bush			Incumbent	–
John Bruce	Ulysses Grant			–	death
Richard Busteed	Abraham Lincoln			–	resignation
Henry De Lamar Clayton, Jr.	Woodrow Wilson			–	death
William Crawford	–	–		–	death
Ira De Ment	George H. W. Bush			Incumbent	–
Joel Fredrick Dubina	Ronald Reagan			–	reappointment
Mark Fuller	George W. Bush		Incumbent	–	–
John Gayle	Zachary Taylor			–	death
Truman McGill Hobbs	Jimmy Carter			Incumbent	–
Frank Minis Johnson Jr.	Dwight D. Eisenhower			–	reappointment
Thomas G. Jones	Theodore Roosevelt			–	death
William Giles Jones	James Buchanan			–	resignation
Charles Brents Kennamer	Herbert Hoover			–	death
George Washington Lane	Abraham Lincoln			–	death
Thomas Virgil Pittman	Lyndon B. Johnson			–	assignment to another court
Myron Herbert Thompson	Jimmy Carter		Incumbent	–	–
Robert Edward Varner	Richard Nixon				death
William Keith Watkins	George W. Bush		Incumbent	–	–

See also

• Courts of Alabama

Notes

1. Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 390.
2. Alfred Conkling, A Treatise on the Organization, Jurisdiction and Practice of the Courts of the United States (1864), p. 178.
3. U.S. District Courts of Alabama, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.
4. Asbury Dickens, A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America (1852), p. 391.
5. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 5, 1864, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 20, 1864, and received commission on January 20, 1864.
6. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 12, 1956, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 31, 1956, and received commission on February 1, 1956.
7. Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 5, 1901, confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1901, and received commission on December 17, 1901.
8. Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 23, 1860, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 1860, and received commission on January 30, 1860.

External links

• United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Official Website
• United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama Official Website