United States District Court for the Eastern District of California | |
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(E.D. Cal.) | |
Appeals to | Ninth Circuit |
Established | March 18, 1966 |
Judges assigned | 6 |
Chief Judge | Lawrence Joseph O'Neill |
Official court website |
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (in case citations, E.D. Cal.) is a federal court in the Ninth 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 created on March 18, 1966 with the division of the Northern and Southern districts, leading to the creation of the Central and Eastern districts.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is Phillip Talbert, who took office on May 1, 2016.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California is one of four federal judicial districts in California. Court for the District is held at the Robert E. Coyle U.S. Courthouse in Fresno and Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento.
Fresno Division comprises the following counties: Calaveras, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne.