United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(E.D. Pa.)
Location	James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) More locations Allentown Reading Easton
Appeals to	Third Circuit
Established	April 20, 1818
Judges	22
Chief Judge	Mitchell S. Goldberg
Officers of the court
U.S. Attorney	Jacqueline C. Romero
U.S. Marshal	Eric S. Gartner
www.paed.uscourts.gov

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania, and is now located at the James Byrne Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia. There are five Eastern District federal courtrooms in Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Lancaster, Allentown, Reading, and Easton.

The Court's jurisdiction includes nine counties in eastern Pennsylvania: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia counties. The district is a part of the Third Circuit, and appeals are taken to that Circuit, except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit.

The chief judge for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Court is Mitchell S. Goldberg.

The people in the district are represented by the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. As of June 21, 2022^[update], the U.S. attorney is Jacqueline C. Romero.^[1]