United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island was established on June 23, 1790, by . Congress authorized one judgeship for the Court, and assigned the district to the Eastern Circuit. On February 13, 1801, the outgoing lame duck Federalist-controlled Congress passed the controversial Judiciary Act of 1801 which reassigned the District of Rhode Island to the First Circuit. The incoming Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801, but in the Judiciary Act of 1802, Congress again assigned the District of Rhode Island to the First Circuit. A second seat on the Court was created on March 18, 1966, by . A third seat was added on July 10, 1984, by . == Current judges ==

• West v. Barnes (1791), the first case appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court • Fricke v. Lynch (1980), case involving government gender limits on prom dates • Lee v. Weisman (1992), case involving clergy-led prayer at public school graduation ceremonies ==United States attorneys for the District of Rhode Island==

Some of the U.S. attorneys for Rhode Island • David L. Barnes (1797–1801) • Asher Robbins (1812–1820) • Dutee J. Pearce (1824–1825) • George H. Browne (1852–1861) • Wingate Hayes (1861–1871) • Nathan F. Dixon III (1877–1885) • Walter R. Stiness (1911–1914) • Norman S. Case (1921–1926) • John S. Murdock (1926–1929) • Henry Boss (1929–1934) • J. Howard McGrath (1934–1940) • George Troy (1940–1952) • Edward McEntee (1952–1953) • Raymond James Pettine (1961–1966) • Edward P. Gallogly (1967–1969) • Lincoln Almond (1969–1978) • Paul F. Murray (1978–1981) • Lincoln Almond (1981–1993) • Sheldon Whitehouse (1993–1998) • Margaret E. Curran (1998–2003) • Robert Clark Corrente (2004–2009) • Peter Neronha (2009–2017) • Aaron L. Weisman (2019–2021) • Richard B. Myrus (acting) (2021–present) == See also ==