§ 116. — Oklahoma.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC116]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 116. Oklahoma
Oklahoma is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the
Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Craig, Creek,
Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Rogers, Tulsa, and
Washington.
Court for the Northern District shall be held at Bartlesville,
Miami, Pawhuska, Tulsa, and Vinita.
Eastern District
(b) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Adair, Atoka,
Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston,
Latimer, Le Flore Love, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Murray, Muskogee,
Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah,
and Wagoner.
Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Ada, Ardmore,
Durant, Hugo, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Poteau, and S.
McAlester.
Western District
(c) The Western District comprises the counties of Alfalfa, Beaver,
Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton,
Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon,
Harper, Jackson, Jefferson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan,
McClain, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills,
Stephens, Texas, Tillman, Washita, Woods, and Woodward.
Court for the Western District shall be held at Chickasha, Enid,
Guthrie, Lawton, Mangum, Oklahoma City, Pauls Valley,
Ponca City, Shawnee, and Woodward.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 887; Pub. L. 89-526, Sec. 1, Aug. 4,
1966, 80 Stat. 335.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 182, 182a (Mar. 3, 1911,
ch. 231, Sec. 101, 36 Stat. 1122; Feb. 20, 1917, ch. 102, 39 Stat. 927;
June 13, 1918, ch. 98, 40 Stat. 604; Feb. 26, 1919, ch. 54, 40 Stat.
1184; June 5, 1924, ch. 259, 43 Stat. 387; Jan. 10, 1925, chs. 68, 69,
43 Stat. 730, 731; Feb. 16, 1925, ch. 233, Sec. 1, 43 Stat. 945; May 7,
1926, ch. 255, 44 Stat. 408; Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 395, 45 Stat. 440; Mar.
2, 1929, ch. 539, 45 Stat. 1518; June 28, 1930, ch. 714, 46 Stat. 829;
May 13, 1936, ch. 386, 49 Stat. 1271; Aug. 12, 1937, ch. 595, 50 Stat.
625).
Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Ada,
Bartlesville, Mangum, Miami, Okmulgee, and Ponca City were omitted as
obsolete, on advice of the Director of the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now available at
such places.
A provision making inoperative the requirement for furnishing court
accommodations without cost to the United States whenever the same shall
be provided in federal buildings at Shawnee, was omitted as unnecessary.
When such buildings become available the Director will, under section
604 of this title, provide court accommodations therein.
A provision for adjournment of any term by an order made in
chambers, is incorporated in section 140 of this title.
Provisions relating to maintenance of offices by the clerks were
omitted as covered by section 751 of this title.
The provisions respecting court accommodations at Durant, Hugo,
Poteau, Pauls Valley, Pawhuska, and Shawnee were omitted as covered by
section 142 of this title.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Amendments
1966--Pub. L. 89-526 transferred from the Eastern District in
subsec. (b) to the Western District in subsec. (c) the counties of
Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, McClain, and Stephens and the places for
holding court at Chickasha and Pauls Valley.
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
Section 2 of Pub. L. 89-526 provided that: ``The amendments made by
this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on the sixtieth day
after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 4, 1966].''
