United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit.
The District was established on March 3, 1851, with the division of the state into an Eastern and Western district.
The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current United States Attorney is J. Cody Hiland.Organization of the court
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas is one of two federal judicial districts in Arkansas. Court for the District is held at Helena, Jonesboro, and Little Rock.
Central Division comprises the following counties: Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Drew, Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Stone, Van Buren, White, and Yell.
Delta Division comprises the following counties: Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Monroe, Phillips, and St. Francis.
Northern Division comprises the following counties: Clay, Craighead, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, and Woodruff.
Magistrate judges
Beth Deere, Patricia S. Harris, Jerome T. Kearney, J. Thomas Ray, Joe J. VolpeFormer judges
Chief judges
Recent former US Attorneys for the district
