§ 94. — Indiana.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC94]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 94. Indiana
Indiana is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the
Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
Northern District
(a) The Northern District comprises three divisions.
(1) The Fort Wayne Division comprises the counties of Adams,
Allen, Blackford, De Kalb, Grant, Huntington, Jay,
Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley.
Court for the Fort Wayne Division shall be held at Fort Wayne.
(2) The South Bend Division comprises the counties of Cass,
Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, La Porte, Marshall, Miami,
Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, and Wabash.
Court for the South Bend Division shall be held at South Bend.
(3) The Hammond Division comprises the counties of Benton,
Carroll, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter, Tippecanoe,
Warren, and White.
Court for the Hammond Division shall be held at Hammond and
Lafayette.
Southern District
(b) The Southern District comprises four divisions.
(1) The Indianapolis Division comprises the counties of
Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware,
Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock,
Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Madison, Marion,
Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Randolph, Rush, Shelby,
Tipton, Union, and Wayne.
Court for the Indianapolis Division shall be held at
Indianapolis and Richmond.
(2) The Terre Haute Division comprises the counties of Clay,
Greene, Knox, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermilion,
and Vigo.
Court for the Terre Haute Division shall be held at Terre Haute.
(3) The Evansville Division comprises the counties of Davies,
Dubois, Gibson, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer,
Vanderburgh, and Warrick.
Court for the Evansville Division shall be held at Evansville.
(4) The New Albany Division comprises the counties of Clark,
Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson,
Jennings, Lawrence, Ohio, Orange, Ripley, Scott,
Switzerland, and Washington.
Court for the New Albany Division shall be held at New Albany.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 878; Feb. 10, 1954, ch. 6,
Sec. 2(b)(7), 68 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 91-272, Sec. 9, June 2, 1970, 84
Stat. 298.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 153 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 80, 36 Stat. 1110; Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 393, 45 Stat. 437).
Words ``when the time fixed as above for the sitting of a court
shall fall on a legal holiday the terms shall begin on the next day
following,'' were omitted as within the discretion of the court and
coverable by rule of court.
A provision that terms should not be limited to any particular
number of days, and that a term about to commence in another division
might be adjourned until the business of the court in session was
concluded, was omitted as covered by section 140 of this title.
A provision authorizing indictments for offenses committed in
divisions other than that wherein a grand jury is sitting was omitted as
covered by Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rules 6, 7.
Provisions as to maintenance of clerks' offices were omitted as
covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title.
The following provisions were omitted as either executed or covered
by section 501 [now 541] et seq. and section 541 [now 561] et seq. of
this title, containing similar provisions as to United States attorneys
and marshals:
``A. The senior district judge for the district of Indiana in office
immediately prior to April 21, 1928, shall be the district judge for the
southern district as constituted by this section; the junior district
judge for the district of Indiana immediately prior to April 21, 1928,
shall be the district judge for the northern district as constituted by
this section; and the district attorney and marshal for the district of
Indiana in office immediately prior to April 21, 1928, shall be during
the remainder of their present terms of office the district attorney and
marshal for the southern district as constituted by this section.
``B. The President is authorized and directed to appoint, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, a district attorney and a
marshal for the United States District Court for the Northern District
of Indiana.''
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Amendments
1970--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 91-272 provided for holding court at
Richmond.
1954--Subsec. (a)(3). Act Feb. 10, 1954, provided for holding court
at Lafayette.
