§ 129. — West 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: 28USC129]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 129. West Virginia
West Virginia is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Barbour,
Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hampshire,
Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral,
Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston,
Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, and Wetzel.
Court for the Northern District shall be held at Clarksburg,
Elkins, Fairmont, Martinsburg, and Wheeling.
Southern District
(b) The Southern District comprises the counties of Boone, Cabell,
Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell,
Mason, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers,
Wayne, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming.
Court for the Southern District shall be held at Beckley,
Bluefield, Charleston, Huntington, Lewisburg, and
Parkersburg.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 894; Pub. L. 97-471, Sec. 1, Jan. 14,
1983, 96 Stat. 2601.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 194 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 113, 36 Stat. 1129; Mar. 23, 1912, ch. 63, 37 Stat. 76; Aug.
22, 1914, ch. 265, 38 Stat. 702; Feb. 27, 1922, ch. 83, 42 Stat. 398;
June 22, 1936, ch. 695, 49 Stat. 1805; Aug. 23, 1937, ch. 737, 50 Stat.
744; June 29, 1938, ch. 817, 52 Stat. 1245).
Words ``with the waters thereof,'' after the list of counties in
each district, were omitted as unnecessary, and in view of the absence
of such words in similar sections relating to other States.
Provisions relating to special terms of court were omitted as
covered by section 141 of this title.
A provision that the term at Fairmont be held ``when suitable rooms
and accommodations for holding terms of the court shall be furnished at
Fairmont free of cost to the United States or until, subject to the
recommendation of the Attorney General of the United States with respect
to providing such rooms and accommodations for holding court at
Fairmont, a Federal building containing such suitable rooms and
accommodations for holding court shall be erected at such place,'' was
omitted as obsolete on advice of the Director of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now
available.
Provisions respecting court accommodations at Beckley and Lewisburg
were omitted as covered by section 142 of this title.
Changes were made in arrangement and phraseology.
Amendments
1983--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-471, Sec. 1(1), struck out references
to Parkersburg, Wirt, and Wood counties and inserted references to
Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster counties.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-471, Sec. 1(2), struck out references to
Braxton, Pocahontas, and Webster counties and inserted references to
Parkersburg, Wirt, and Wood counties.
