United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=1162 The jurisdiction of the Western District of Arkansas included the Indian Territory, which today composes much of the present-day state of Oklahoma. While the legal systems and governments of the Five Civilized Tribes and other Native American tribes in the Indian Territory covered their own citizens, federal law applied to non-Native American United States citizens in the territory. --> ==Organization of the court==

The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas is one of two federal judicial districts in Arkansas. Court for the District is held at El Dorado, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Harrison, Hot Springs, and Texarkana. El Dorado Division comprises the following counties: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Ouachita, and Union. Fayetteville Division comprises the following counties: Benton, Madison, and Washington. Fort Smith Division comprises the following counties: Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Polk, Scott, and Sebastian. Harrison Division comprises the following counties: Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Marion, Newton, and Searcy. Hot Springs Division comprises the following counties: Clark, Garland, Hot Spring, Montgomery, and Pike. Texarkana Division comprises the following counties: Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, and Sevier. == Current judges ==

• Jesse Turner 1851–53 • Alfred M. Wilson 1853–61 • Granville Wilcox 1861–69 • James H. Huckleberry 1869–72 • Newton J. Temple 1872–75 • W. H. H. Clayton 1875–85 • Monti H. Sandels 1885–89 • W. H. H. Clayton 1889–93 • James F. Read 1893–97 • Thomas H. Barnes 1897–98 • James K. Barnes 1898–1909 • Lafayette W. Gregg 1909 • John I. Worthington 1909–13 J. • Virgil Bourland 1913–17 • Emon O. Mahoney 1917–20 • James Seaborn Holt 1920 • Steve Carrigan 1920 • Samuel S. Langley 1921–30 • William N. Ivie 1930–34 • Clinton R. Barry 1934–46 • Respess S. Wilson 1946–53 • Charles W. Atkinson 1953–61 • Charles M. Conway 1961–69 • Robert E. Johnson 1969 • Bethel B. Larey 1969–73 • Robert E. Johnson 1973–77 • Larry R. McCord 1977–82 • W. Asa Hutchinson 1982–85 • J. Michael Fitzhugh 1985–93 • Paul K. Holmes 1993–2001 • Bill Cromwell (Acting) 2001 • Thomas C Gean 2001–2003 • Bill Cromwell 2003–2004 • Robert C. Balfe 2004–2008 • Deborah or Debbie Groom (Acting) 2008 – 2010 • Conner Eldridge 2010–2015 • Kenneth Elser (Acting) 2015–2018 • Duane Kees 2018–2020 • David Clay Fowlkes 2020–2026 ==See also==