Wisconsin is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western districts of Wisconsin.
Eastern District
(a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Brown, Calumet, Dodge, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Green Lake, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Oconto, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Racine, Shawano, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago.
Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Oshkosh.
Western District
(b) The Western District comprises the counties of Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Saint Croix, Sauk, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Washburn, and Wood.
Court for the Western District shall be held at Eau Claire, La Crosse, Madison, Superior, and Wausau.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 894Pub. L. 87–57376 Stat. 307(, ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 11436 Stat. 1129July 24, 1935, ch. 41349 Stat. 495Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 195 (, ; , ).
section 452 of this titleProvisions for keeping the courts and their offices open at all times were omitted as covered by .
Provisions for maintenance of offices by the clerk and marshal, and for the appointment and residence of a deputy marshal for Superior, were omitted as covered by sections 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.
section 1404 of this titleWords “All causes and proceedings instituted in the court at Superior shall be tried therein, unless by consent of the parties, or upon the order of the court, they are transferred to another place for trial,” were omitted as unnecessary. Such provision, as to civil cases, is covered by , and, as to criminal cases, is rendered unnecessary because of inherent power of the court and Rules 18–20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Provisions for the return of process, including criminal warrants, at Superior and other places in the western district and for the keeping of records in the clerk’s office at Superior, were omitted, since such matters can be regulated more appropriately by court rule or order. (See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4, and Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 4(g).)
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 87–5731962—Subsec. (a). inserted reference to Menominee county.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Designation of Judge to Hold Court, Eastern District
Pub. L. 106–553, § 1(a)(2) [title III, § 305(c)]114 Stat. 2762