Pennsylvania is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania.
Eastern District
(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia.
Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Allentown, Easton, Lancaster, Reading, and Philadelphia.
Middle District
(b) The Middle District comprises the counties of Adams, Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lebanon, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, and York.
Court for the Middle District shall be held at Harrisburg, Lewisburg, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Williamsport.
Western District
(c) The Western District comprises the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland.
Court for the Western District shall be held at Erie, Johnstown, and Pittsburgh.
June 25, 1948, ch. 646 62 Stat. 888 Pub. L. 91–272, § 684 Stat. 297 Pub. L. 95–573, § 492 Stat. 2458 Pub. L. 102–396, title IX, § 9161106 Stat. 1947 Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(b) [title VI, § 624(a)]112 Stat. 2681–50 (, ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , , 2681–116.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 103 36 Stat. 1123 Mar. 3, 1913, ch. 113 37 Stat. 730 June 6, 1914, ch. 104 38 Stat. 385 Sept. 9, 1914, ch. 296 38 Stat. 713 Apr. 26, 1926, ch. 185 44 Stat. 324 June 27, 1930, ch. 634 46 Stat. 820 Aug. 3, 1935, ch. 433 49 Stat. 514 May 13, 1936, ch. 385 49 Stat. 1271 June 13, 1938, ch. 351 52 Stat. 674 Mar. 5, 1942, ch. 143 56 Stat. 132 Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 184 (, ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ; , ).
Provisions relating to maintenance of offices at certain places by the clerks and marshals were omitted as covered by sections 541 [see 561] and 751 of this title.
section 139 of this titleProvisions for the continuance of terms were omitted as covered by .
Provisions with respect to the return of process, and the places of keeping court papers, were omitted as matters for determination by rule of court or for the action of the judicial council in cooperation with the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
The provisions for trial of cases at Lewisburg and Erie unless counsel consent to trial elsewhere were omitted as inconsistent with the uniform practice provided by this title.
Changes were made in phraseology and arrangement.
Senate Revision Amendment
Act July 11, 1947, ch. 224 61 Stat. 310 section 184 of title 28By Senate amendment to the bill, Blair County was transferred from the Middle District to the Western District of Pennsylvania. This was in conformity with , , which so amended , U.S.C., 1940 ed., the source of this section. See 80th Congress Senate Report No. 1559.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(b) [title VI, § 624(a)(1)]1998—Subsec. (a). , substituted “and Philadelphia” for “Philadelphia, and Schuylkill”.
Pub. L. 105–277, § 101(b) [title VI, § 624(a)(2)]Subsec. (b). , inserted “Schuylkill,” after “Potter,”.
Pub. L. 102–3961992—Subsec. (a). inserted “Lancaster,” before “Reading”.
Pub. L. 95–5731978—Subsec. (c). provided for holding court at Johnstown.
Pub. L. 91–2721970—Subsec. (a). provided for holding court at Allentown and Reading.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(b) [title VI, § 624(b)]112 Stat. 2681–50