United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, , on September 24, 1789. It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by , into the Eastern and Western Districts to be headquartered in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, respectively. Portions of these districts were subsequently subdivided into the Middle District on March 2, 1901, by . == Current judges ==

• Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar, et al., 502 F. Supp. 3d 899 (M.D. Pa. 2020) (affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in a non-precedential opinion, No. 20-3371 (November 2020)). • Irvis v. Scott, 318 F. Supp. 1246 (M.D. Pa. 1970) (affirmed by the US Supreme court in 1972 as Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis, 407 U.S. 163 (1972)) • Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District • Lozano et al. v. City of Hazleton, M.D. Pa. No. 3:06-cv-01586-JMM (2006) (affirmed in part by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 07-3531 (September 9, 2010)). • Whitewood v. Wolf This case struck down Pennsylvania's statutory ban on same-sex marriage on May 20, 2014. This was not appealed to the Third Circuit. == List of U.S. attorneys ==

The people in the district are represented by the United States attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. • Samuel McCarrell (1901–1908) • Charles B. Witmer (1908–1911) • Andrew B. Dunsmore (1911–1914) • Rogers L. Burnett (1914–1921) • Andrew B. Dunsmore (1921–1934) • Frank J. McDonnell (1934–1935) • Frederick V. Follmer (1935–1946) • Arthur A. Maguire (1946–1953) • Joseph C. Kreder (1953) • Julius Levy (1953–1957) • Robert J. Hourigan (1957–1958) • Daniel Jenkins (1958–1961) • Bernard J. Brown (1961–1969) • John Cottone (1969–1979) • Carlon M. O'Malley Jr. (1979–1982) • David Dart Queen (1982–1985) • James J. West (1985–1993) • Wayne P. Samuelson (1993) • David Barasch (1993–2001) • Martin Carlson (2001–2002) • Tom Marino (2002–2007) • Martin Carlson (2007–2009) • Dennis Pfannenschmidt (2009–2010) • Peter J. Smith (2010–2016) • Bruce D. Brandler (2016–2017) • David Freed (2017–2021) • Bruce D. Brandler (2021–2022) • Gerard Karam (2022–2025) • John C. Gurganus (2025–present) == Courthouses ==

Within the Middle District, federal courthouses are located in: • Harrisburg – Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse • Scranton – William J. Nealon Federal Building and United States Courthouse • Williamsport – Herman T. Schneebeli Federal Building and Courthouse • Wilkes-Barre – Max Rosenn U.S. Courthouse File:Rambo USCH.jpg|The Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA File:Williamsport PA Federal Courthouse.JPG|The Herman T. Schneebeli Federal Building and Courthouse in Williamsport, Lycoming County, PA == Counties of jurisdiction ==

The Court's jurisdiction includes the following counties: • Adams County • Bradford County • Cameron County • Carbon County • Centre County • Clinton County • Columbia County • Cumberland County • Dauphin County • Franklin County • Fulton County • Huntingdon County • Juniata County • Lackawanna County • Lebanon County • Luzerne County • Lycoming County • Mifflin County • Monroe County • Montour County • Northumberland County • Perry County • Pike County • Potter County • Schuylkill County • Snyder County • Sullivan County • Susquehanna County • Tioga County • Union County • Wayne County • Wyoming County • York County == See also ==