28 U.S.C. § 94

Indiana

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Indiana is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.

Northern District

(a) The Northern District comprises three divisions.

(1) The Fort Wayne Division comprises the counties of Adams, Allen, Blackford, De Kalb, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells, and Whitley.

Court for the Fort Wayne Division shall be held at Fort Wayne.

(2) The South Bend Division comprises the counties of Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, La Porte, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, and Wabash.

Court for the South Bend Division shall be held at South Bend.

(3) The Hammond Division comprises the counties of Benton, Carroll, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White.

Court for the Hammond Division shall be held at Hammond and Lafayette.

Southern District

(b) The Southern District comprises four divisions.

(1) The Indianapolis Division comprises the counties of Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clinton, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Tipton, Union, and Wayne.

Court for the Indianapolis Division shall be held at Indianapolis and Richmond.

(2) The Terre Haute Division comprises the counties of Clay, Greene, Knox, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermilion, and Vigo.

Court for the Terre Haute Division shall be held at Terre Haute.

(3) The Evansville Division comprises the counties of Davies, Dubois, Gibson, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick.

Court for the Evansville Division shall be held at Evansville.

(4) The New Albany Division comprises the counties of Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Ohio, Orange, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland, and Washington.

Court for the New Albany Division shall be held at New Albany.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 40 cases (23 in the last 5 years), 1963–2026 · leading case: Thomasson v. AmSouth Bank, N.A.
Thomasson v. AmSouth Bank, N.A. (1986) alnd · cites it 2× “There is a direct conflict between the venue provision of the National Bank Act, 28 U.S.C. § 94 and the venue provision of the Bankruptcy Code, 28 U.”
Continental Insurance Company v. M/v Orsula, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., Fednav International Ltd., and Atlant Adria Cor (2003) ca7 “28 U.S.C. § 94 (a)(3). Of course, the Northern District of Illinois does not include any part of Indiana.”
Haber v. Biomet, Inc. (2009) ca7 “See 28 U.S.C. § 94 (b)(1). In response, Haber filed a complaint in the Southern District of Indiana to compel arbitration and to stay the state court proceedings.”
Jeffers v. United States (1978) innd “( 28 U.S.C. § 94 created three divisions within the Northern District of Indiana; the subdivision of the Hammond Division was made by order of the court — Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, effective February 1, 1975).”
United States v. Metro M. Holovachka (1963) ca7 “28 U.S.C.A. § 94 . On January 23, 1962, with the parties and counsel present in court, the trial court denied defendant’s motion to quash the jury panel drawn January 17, 1962.”
Hernandez v. I.C.E. (2016) ilnd “And as stated earlier, Hernandez is being held in Putnam County, located in the Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division ( 28 U.S.C. § 94 (b)(2)). As the final nail in the jurisdictional coffin that buries this ease in this Northern District of Illinois, this Court has…”
United States v. Arroyo (2009) ca7 “12 (d)(2), and the geographic boundaries of the judicial district encompassing Evansville, see 28 U.S.C. § 94 (b)(3), are not elements of § 841(a)(1) or adjudicative facts; these are legislative facts for the court to decide, see United States v.”
Books v. City of Elkhart, Ind. (1999) innd “§§ 1331 and 1343, and venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 94 (a)(3) and 1391. V.STANDARD OF REVIEW Both parties in this action have moved for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.”
Berger Ex Rel. Berger v. Rensselaer Central School Corp. (1991) innd “§§ 1331 and 1343, and venue is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 94 (a)(3) and 1391. I. Both parties have moved for summary judgment under Fed.”
Active Products Corp. v. A.H. Choitz & Co. (1995) innd “28 U.S.C. § 94 (a)(1). It is served by one United States District Judge and one United States Magistrate Judge, the latter of which also has responsibilities with another division in the Northern District of Indiana.”
Dimondstein v. Stidman (2019) dcd · cites it 2× “¶ 2; 28 U.S.C. § 94 (b)(2). He also states that he was present in Indiana during the relevant time.”
Bilbee v. Jay County Jail (2019) innd “28 U.S.C. § 94 (a)(1). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS the Clerk of the Court to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division.”
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