§ 115. — Ohio.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC115]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 115. Ohio
Ohio is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the
Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises two divisions.
(1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Ashland,
Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Crawford, Cuyahoga,
Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage,
Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, and
Wayne.
Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Cleveland,
Youngstown, and Akron.
(2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Allen,
Auglaize, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin,
Henry, Huron, Lucas, Marion, Mercer, Ottawa, Paulding,
Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Woods, and
Wyandot.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Lima and Toledo.
Southern District
(b) The Southern District comprises two divisions.
(1) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Brown,
Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke,
Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Lawrence, Miami, Montgomery,
Preble, Scioto, Shelby, and Warren.
Court for the Western Division shall be held at Cincinnati and
Dayton.
(2) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Athens,
Belmont, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette,
Franklin, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Hocking, Jackson,
Jefferson, Knox, Licking, Logan, Madison, Meigs, Monroe,
Morgan, Morrow, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike,
Ross, Union, Vinton, and Washington.
Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Columbus \1\ St.
Clairsville, and Steubenville.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 887; Feb. 10, 1954, ch. 6,
Sec. 2(b)(9), 68 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 107-273, div. C, title I, Sec. 11021,
Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1829.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 181 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 100, 36 Stat. 1121; Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 159, 38 Stat. 1187; Feb.
14, 1923, ch. 78, 42 Stat. 1246).
Other provisions of said section 181 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
are incorporated in section 1865 of this title.
Provisions relating to the place of institution or trial of
prosecutions and civil actions and transfer thereof were omitted. Such
provisions, as to civil cases, are covered by section 1391 et seq. of
this title, and as to criminal cases, are rendered unnecessary because
of inherent power of the court and Rules 18-20 of the Federal Rules of
Criminal Procedure relating to venue.
The provision respecting court accommodations at Lima was omitted as
covered by section 142 of this title.
Changes were made in arrangement and phraseology.
Amendments
2002--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107-273, which directed amendment of
par. (2) by inserting ``St. Clairsville,'' after ``Columbus,'', was
executed by making the insertion after ``Columbus'', to reflect the
probable intent of Congress.
1954--Subsec. (a)(1). Act Feb. 10, 1954, provided for holding court
at Akron.
