United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
(N.D. Iowa)
Appeals to	Eighth Circuit
Established	July 20, 1882
Judges assigned	2
Chief Judge	Leonard T. Strand
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The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa (in case citations, N.D. Iowa) has jurisdiction over fifty-two of Iowa's ninety-nine counties. It is subject to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (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 District Court for the District of Iowa, established on March 3, 1845, by 5 Stat. 789, was subdivided into the current Northern and Southern Districts on July 20, 1882, by 22 Stat. 172.

Presently, the court has two district judges, Chief Judge Leonard T. Strand and Linda R. Reade, one senior judge, Mark W. Bennett, and two magistrate judges, C.J. Williams and Kelly Mahoney.

It is headquartered in Cedar Rapids, with a satellite courthouse in Sioux City. Stephanie M. Rose served as the United States Attorney from 2009 to 2012, she was later commissioned to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on September 17, 2012.

The current acting United States Attorney is Sean Berry.

The Northern District of Iowa has four court divisions, each covering the following counties:

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