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United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
	; (D.S.C.)
	; ;
	; ;
Location	; Columbia ; More locations; ; ; Simons Federal Court House (Aiken); ; ; Anderson; ; Charleston; ; Florence; ; ; Haynsworth Courthouse (Greenville); ; ; Spartanburg; ; ; ;
Appeals to	; Fourth Circuit;
Established	; October 7, 1965
Judges assigned	; 10
Chief Judge	; Terry L. Wooten;
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	; Sherri Lydon;
U.S. Marshal	; Thomas M. Griffin Jr.;
	; www.scd.uscourts.gov;

The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina (in case citations, D.S.C.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of South Carolina. Court is held in the cities of Aiken, Anderson, Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Florence, Greenville, and Spartanburg.

Appeals from the District of South Carolina are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

History

The District of South Carolina was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789.^[1] It was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Districts on February 21, 1823, by 3 Stat. 726.^[1] The Eastern District was headquartered at Florence,^[2] and the Western District was headquartered in Greenville.^[3] The division was solely for the purposes of holding court – a single judge presided over both districts, and the act authorized no additional court staff.^[1]

In 1898 the United States Supreme Court held in Barrett v. United States^[4] that South Carolina legally constituted a single judicial district. Congress made another effort to subdivide the District on March 3, 1911, by 36 Stat. 1087, 1123. South Carolina was again split into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized to serve both districts, effective January 1, 1912.^[1] Congress finally authorized an additional judgeship for the Western District, and assigned the sitting judge exclusively to the Eastern District, on March 3, 1915, by 38 Stat. 961.^[1] However, on October 7, 1965, by 79 Stat. 951, South Carolina was reorganized as a single judicial district with four judgeships authorized for the district court.^[1] It has since remained a single District.

The United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. Beth Drake is the acting U.S. attorney for the district following the resignation of predecessor Bill Nettles.^[5]

Current judges

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
33	Chief Judge	Terry L. Wooten	Columbia	1954	2001–present	2013–present	—	G.W. Bush
26	District Judge	David C. Norton	Charleston	1946	1990–present	2007–2012	—	G.H.W. Bush
35	District Judge	Robert Bryan Harwell	Florence	1959	2004–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
36	District Judge	Richard Mark Gergel	Charleston	1954	2010–present	—	—	Obama
37	District Judge	J. Michelle Childs	Columbia	1966	2010–present	—	—	Obama
38	District Judge	Timothy M. Cain	Anderson	1961	2011–present	—	—	Obama
39	District Judge	Mary Geiger Lewis	Columbia	1958	2012–present	—	—	Obama
40	District Judge	Bruce Howe Hendricks	Greenville	1957	2014–present	—	—	Obama
41	District Judge	Donald C. Coggins Jr.	Spartanburg	1959	2017–present	—	—	Trump
42	District Judge	A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.	Greenville	1964	2018–present	—	—	Trump
25	Senior Judge	Joseph Fletcher Anderson Jr.	Columbia	1949	1986–2014	2000–2007	2014–present	Reagan
28	Senior Judge	Henry Michael Herlong Jr.	Greenville	1944	1991–2009	—	2009–present	G.H.W. Bush
30	Senior Judge	Cameron McGowan Currie	Columbia	1948	1994–2013	—	2013–present	Clinton
31	Senior Judge	Patrick Michael Duffy	Charleston	1943	1995–2009	—	2009–present	Clinton
32	Senior Judge	Margaret B. Seymour	Columbia	1947	1998–2013	2012–2013	2013–present	Clinton

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat	Seat last held by	Vacancy reason	Date of vacancy	Nominee	Date of nomination
8	A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.	Elevation	TBD^[6]	–	–

Former judges

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	William Drayton Sr.	SC	1732–1790	1789^[7]–1790	—	—	Washington	death
2	Thomas Bee	SC	1739–1812	1790–1812	—	—	Washington	death
3	John Drayton	SC	1766–1822	1812–1822	—	—	Madison	death
4	Thomas Lee	SC	1769–1839	1823–1839	—	—	Monroe	death
5	Robert Budd Gilchrist	SC	1796–1856	1839^[8]–1856	—	—	Van Buren	death
6	Andrew Gordon Magrath	SC	1813–1893	1856–1860	—	—	Pierce	resignation
7	George Seabrook Bryan	SC	1809–1905	1866–1886	—	—	A. Johnson	retirement
8	Charles Henry Simonton	SC	1829–1904	1886^[9]–1893	—	—	Cleveland	appointment to 4th Cir.
9	William H. Brawley	SC	1841–1916	1894–1911	—	—	Cleveland	retirement
10	Henry Augustus Middleton Smith	SC	1853–1924	1911–1912	—	—	Taft	seat reassigned
11	Charles Cecil Wyche	SC	1885–1966	1965^[10]–1966	—	—	F. Roosevelt	death
12	James Robert Martin Jr.	SC	1909–1984	1965^[11]–1979	1965–1979	1979–1984	Kennedy	death
13	Robert W. Hemphill	SC	1915–1983	1965^[12]–1980	1979–1980	1980–1983	L. Johnson	death
14	Charles Earl Simons Jr.	SC	1916–1999	1965^[13]–1986	1980–1986	1986–1999	L. Johnson	death
15	Donald S. Russell	SC	1906–1998	1966–1971	—	—	L. Johnson	appointment to 4th Cir.
16	Robert F. Chapman	SC	1926–2018	1971–1981	—	—	Nixon	appointment to 4th Cir.
17	Solomon Blatt Jr.	SC	1921–2016	1971–1990	1986–1990	1990–2016	Nixon	death
18	Matthew James Perry Jr.	SC	1921–2011	1979–1995	—	1995–2011	Carter	death
19	Falcon Black Hawkins Jr.	SC	1927–2005	1979–1993	1990–1993	1993–2005	Carter	death
20	Charles Weston Houck	SC	1933–2017	1979–2003	1993–2000	2003–2017	Carter	death
21	George Ross Anderson Jr.	SC	1929–present	1980–2009	—	2009–2016	Carter	retirement
22	William Walter Wilkins	SC	1942–present	1981–1986	—	—	Reagan	appointment to 4th Cir.
23	Clyde H. Hamilton	SC	1934–present	1981–1991	—	—	Reagan	appointment to 4th Cir.
24	Karen L. Henderson	SC	1944–present	1986–1990	—	—	Reagan	appointment to D.C. Cir.
27	Dennis Shedd	SC	1953–present	1990–2002	—	—	G.H.W. Bush	appointment to 4th Cir.
29	William Byrd Traxler Jr.	SC	1948–present	1992–1998	—	—	G.H.W. Bush	appointment to 4th Cir.
34	Henry Franklin Floyd	SC	1947–present	2003–2011	—	—	G.W. Bush	appointment to 4th Cir.

Chief judges

Chief judges have administrative responsibilities with respect to their district court. Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position.

When the office was created in 1948, the chief judge was the longest-serving judge who had not elected to retire on what has since 1958 been known as senior status or declined to serve as chief judge. After August 6, 1959, judges could not become or remain chief after turning 70 years old. The current rules have been in operation since October 1, 1982.

Succession of seats

Seat 1
Seat established on September 24, 1789 by 1 Stat. 73
W. Drayton	1789–1790
Bee	1790–1812
J. Drayton	1812–1822
Lee	1823–1839
Gilchrist	1840–1856
Magrath	1856–1860
Bryan	1866–1886
Simonton	1887–1893
Brawley	1894–1911
Smith	1911–1912
Seat reassigned to the Eastern and Western Districts on January 1, 1912, by 36 Stat. 1087, 1123

Seat 2
Seat reassigned from the Western District on November 1, 1965, by 79 Stat. 951
Wyche	1965–1966
Russell	1966–1971
Blatt, Jr.	1971–1990
Norton	1990–present

Seat 3
Seat reassigned from the Eastern and Western Districts on November 1, 1965, by 79 Stat. 951
Martin, Jr.	1965–1979
G. Anderson, Jr.	1980–2009
Childs	2010–present

Seat 4
Seat reassigned from the Eastern and Western Districts on November 1, 1965, by 79 Stat. 951
Hemphill	1965–1980
Wilkins	1981–1986
Henderson	1986–1990
Shedd	1990–2002
Floyd	2003–2011
Lewis	2012–present

Seat 5
Seat reassigned from the Eastern District on November 1, 1965, by 79 Stat. 951
Simons, Jr.	1965–1986
J. Anderson, Jr.	1986–2014
Coggins, Jr.	2017–present

Seat 6
Seat established on June 2, 1970, by 84 Stat. 294
Chapman	1971–1981
Hamilton	1981–1991
Traxler, Jr.	1992–1998
Seymour	1998–2013
Hendricks	2014–present

Seat 7
Seat established on October 20, 1978, by 92 Stat. 1629
Perry, Jr.	1979–1995
Duffy	1995–2009
Cain	2011–present

Seat 8
Seat established on October 20, 1978, by 92 Stat. 1629
Hawkins, Jr.	1979–1993
Currie	1994–2013
Quattlebaum, Jr.	2018–present

Seat 9
Seat established on October 20, 1978, by 92 Stat. 1629
Houck	1979–2003
Harwell	2004–present

Seat 10
Seat established on December 1, 1990, by 104 Stat. 5089
Herlong, Jr.	1991–2009
Gergel	2010–present

Seat 11
Seat established on December 21, 2000 by 114 Stat. 2762
Wooten	2001–present

Notes

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f U.S. District Courts of South Carolina, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.

^ The Florence, South Carolina, courthouse, Federal Judicial Center.

^ The Greenville, South Carolina, courthouse, Federal Judicial Center.

^ Barrett v. United States, 169 U.S. 219 (1898).

^ Kinnard, Meg (15 June 2016). "US Attorney steps down months before church shooting trial". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

^ Future Judicial Vacancies

^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 8, 1790, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 10, 1790, and received commission on February 10, 1790.

^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 29, 1840, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1840, and received commission on February 17, 1840.

^ Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 9, 1886, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1887, and received commission on January 13, 1887.

^ Initially appointed to the Western District of South Carolina in 1937 by Franklin D. Roosevelt; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

^ Initially appointed to both the Eastern District of South Carolina and the Western District of South Carolina in 1961 by John F. Kennedy; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

^ Initially appointed to both the Eastern District of South Carolina and the Western District of South Carolina in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

^ Initially appointed to the Eastern District of South Carolina in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

External links

United States District Court for the District of South Carolina Official Website

United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina Official Website

[fjcsc-1] U.S. District Courts of South Carolina, Legislative history, Federal Judicial Center.

[2] The Florence, South Carolina, courthouse, Federal Judicial Center.

[3] The Greenville, South Carolina, courthouse, Federal Judicial Center.

[4] Barrett v. United States, 169 U.S. 219 (1898).

[5] Kinnard, Meg (15 June 2016). "US Attorney steps down months before church shooting trial". Associated Press. Retrieved 20 October 2016.

[6] Future Judicial Vacancies

[7] Recess appointment; formally nominated on February 8, 1790, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 10, 1790, and received commission on February 10, 1790.

[8] Recess appointment; formally nominated on January 29, 1840, confirmed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1840, and received commission on February 17, 1840.

[9] Recess appointment; formally nominated on December 9, 1886, confirmed by the United States Senate on January 13, 1887, and received commission on January 13, 1887.

[10] Initially appointed to the Western District of South Carolina in 1937 by Franklin D. Roosevelt; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

[11] Initially appointed to both the Eastern District of South Carolina and the Western District of South Carolina in 1961 by John F. Kennedy; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

[12] Initially appointed to both the Eastern District of South Carolina and the Western District of South Carolina in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

[13] Initially appointed to the Eastern District of South Carolina in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson; reassigned to the District of South Carolina in 1965.

v t e Current active district judges of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Maryland	Bredar Blake Bennett Hollander Russell Grimm Chuang Hazel Xinis 1 seat vacant
E. North Carolina	Dever Boyle Flanagan 1 seat vacant
M. North Carolina	Schroeder Osteen Eagles Biggs
W. North Carolina	Whitney Conrad Reidinger Cogburn 1 seat vacant
South Carolina	Wooten Norton Harwell Gergel Childs Cain Lewis Hendricks Coggins Quattlebaum
E. Virginia	Smith Brinkema Jackson O'Grady Davis Trenga Gibney Allen Lauck 2 seats vacant
W. Virginia	Urbanski Jones Dillon 1 seat vacant
N. West Virginia	Groh Bailey 1 seat vacant
S. West Virginia	Johnston Copenhaver Goodwin Chambers Berger

v t e Current senior district judges of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Maryland	Motz Nickerson Chasanow Messitte Titus
E. North Carolina	Britt Fox Howard
M. North Carolina	Tilley
W. North Carolina	Voorhees Mullen
South Carolina	J. Anderson Herlong Currie Duffy Seymour
E. Virginia	Bryan Doumar Hilton Ellis Morgan Payne Hudson
W. Virginia	Kiser Moon Conrad
N. West Virginia	Stamp Keeley
S. West Virginia	Faber

v t e United States district and territorial courts
List of United States district and territorial courts

District Courts	Alabama (M, N, S) Alaska Arizona Arkansas (E, W) California (C, E, N, S) Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida (M, N, S) Georgia (M, N, S) Hawaii Idaho Illinois (C, N, S) Indiana (N, S) Iowa (N, S) Kansas Kentucky (E, W) Louisiana (E, M, W) Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan (E, W) Minnesota Mississippi (N, S) Missouri (E, W) Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York (E, N, S, W) North Carolina (E, M, W) North Dakota Ohio (N, S) Oklahoma (E, N, W) Oregon Pennsylvania (E, M, W) Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee (E, M, W) Texas (E, N, S, W) Utah Vermont Virginia (E, W) Washington (E, W) West Virginia (N, S) Wisconsin (E, W) Wyoming
Territorial courts	Guam Northern Mariana Islands Virgin Islands
Extinct courts	Former United States district courts District of Orleans District of Potomac Eastern District of Illinois District of the Canal Zone District of China

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United States District Court for the District of South Carolina

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History

Current judges

Vacancies and pending nominations

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

See also

Notes

External links

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Location	Columbia More locations Simons Federal Court House (Aiken) Anderson Charleston Florence Haynsworth Courthouse (Greenville) Spartanburg
Appeals to	Fourth Circuit
Established	October 7, 1965
Judges assigned	10
Chief Judge	Terry L. Wooten
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Sherri Lydon
U.S. Marshal	Thomas M. Griffin Jr.
www.scd.uscourts.gov