§ 127. — Virginia.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC127]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 127. Virginia
Virginia is divided into two judicial districts, to be known as the
Eastern and Western districts of Virginia.
Eastern District
(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Accomac, Amelia,
Arlington, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie,
Elizabeth City, Essex, Fairfax, Fauquier, Gloucester, Goochland,
Greensville, Hanover, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, King and
Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Loudoun, Lunenburg,
Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Nansemond, New Kent, Norfolk,
Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince
George, Prince William, Princess Anne, Richmond, Southampton,
Spotsylvania, Stafford, Surry, Sussex, Warwick, Westmoreland, and York.
Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Alexandria,
Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond.
Western District
(b) The Western District comprises the counties of Albemarle,
Alleghany, Amherst, Appomattox, Augusta, Bath, Bedford, Bland,
Botetourt, Buchanan, Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charlotte, Clarke,
Craig, Culpeper, Cumberland, Dickenson, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin,
Frederick, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Halifax, Henry, Highland, Lee,
Louisa, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Orange, Page, Patrick,
Pittsylvania, Pulaski, Rappahannock, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Rockingham,
Russell, Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, Tazewell, Warren, Washington, Wise,
and Wythe.
Court for the Western District shall be held at Abingdon, Big
Stone Gap, Charlottesville, Danville, Harrisonburg,
Lynchburg, and Roanoke.
(c) Cities and incorporated towns are included in that district in
which are included the counties within the exterior boundaries of which
such cities and incorporated towns are geographically located or out of
the territory of which they have been incorporated.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 893; Pub. L. 90-383, July 5, 1968, 82
Stat. 292; Pub. L. 102-200, Sec. 1, Dec. 10, 1991, 105 Stat. 1630.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 192 and 192a, and section
403c-2 of title 16, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Conservation (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 111, 36 Stat. 1127; June 13, 1918, ch. 100, 40 Stat. 605; Apr.
30, 1924, ch. 144, 43 Stat. 114; Feb. 21, 1925, ch. 290, 43 Stat. 962;
Jan. 20, 1930, ch. 20, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 56; Aug. 19, 1937, ch. 703,
Sec. 2, 50 Stat. 701; June 13, 1938, ch. 350, 52 Stat. 674; Oct. 31,
1945, ch. 443, Sec. 202, 59 Stat. 554).
A provision of section 192 of title 28 relating to the maintenance
of offices by the clerk of the western district was omitted as covered
by sections 452 and 751 of this title.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Senate Revision Amendment
By Senate amendment, ``Newport News'' was inserted after
``Alexandria'' in second paragraph of subsection (a) of this section.
See 80th Congress Senate Report No. 1559.
Amendments
1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-200, Sec. 1(1), struck out reference
to Culpeper, Louisa, and Orange counties.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-200, Sec. 1(2), inserted reference to
Culpeper, Louisa, and Orange counties.
1968--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 90-383 added subsec. (c).
Applicability of 1991 Amendments
Section 2 of Pub. L. 102-200 provided that:
``(a) Pending Actions.--The amendments made by section 1 [amending
this section] shall not apply to any action commenced before the date of
the enactment of this Act [Dec. 10, 1991] and pending in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on such date.
``(b) Juries.--The amendments made by section 1 shall not affect the
composition, or preclude the service, of any grand or petit jury
summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in the Eastern or Western
District of Virginia on the date of the enactment of this Act.''
