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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
(E.D. Ark.)
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Appeals to Eighth Circuit
Established March 3, 1851
Judges assigned 5
Chief Judge Brian Stacy Miller
Official Website

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (in case citations, E.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

The District was established on March 3, 1851 with the division of the state into an Eastern and Western district.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current Acting United States Attorney is Patrick C. Harris, since March 11, 2017.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is one of two federal judicial districts in Arkansas. Court for the District is held at Batesville, Helena, Jonesboro, Little Rock, and Pine Bluff.

Eastern Division comprises the following counties: Cross, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, Saint Francis, and Woodruff.

Jonesboro Division comprises the following counties: Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, and Randolph.


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