§ 97. — Kentucky.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC97]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 97. Kentucky
Kentucky is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the
Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.
Eastern District
(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Anderson, Bath,
Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Campbell,
Carroll, Carter, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd,
Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Greenup, Harlan, Harrison, Henry,
Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee,
Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin,
Mason, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owen, Owsley,
Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan,
Scott, Shelby, Trimble, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe, and Woodford.
Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Ashland,
Catlettsburg, Covington, Frankfort, Jackson, Lexington,
London, Pikeville, and Richmond.
Western District
(b) The Western District comprises the counties of Adair, Allen,
Ballard, Barren, Breckenridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway,
Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess,
Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart,
Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Jefferson, Larue, Livingston, Logan, Lyon,
McCracken, McLean, Marion, Marshall, Meade, Metcalfe, Monroe,
Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Oldham, Russell, Simpson, Spencer, Taylor,
Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Washington, and Webster.
Court for the Western District shall be held at Bowling Green,
Louisville, Owensboro, and Paducah.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 880; Pub. L. 95-408, Sec. 2(a), Oct.
2, 1978, 92 Stat. 883.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 158 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 83, 36 Stat. 1112; Jan. 29, 1920, ch. 57, 41 Stat. 400; June
22, 1936, ch. 707, 49 Stat. 1822).
Last paragraph of section 158 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
relating to process, was omitted as covered by Rule 4 of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure.
Provisions relating to maintenance of clerk's offices were omitted
as covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title.
Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Lexington and
Pikeville were omitted as obsolete on advice of the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal
accommodations are now available in each of those places.
Words ``with the waters thereof,'' after the list of counties in
each district, were omitted as unnecessary and inconsistent with other
sections of this chapter.
McCreary County of the Eastern District was formed from parts of the
counties of Pulaski, Wayne, and Whitley since the latest amendment of
the Judicial Code.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Amendments
1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-408 provided for holding court at
Ashland.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment; Savings Provision
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978,
with such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the
service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually
serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see
section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as a note under section 89 of this
title.
