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[CITE: 28USC97]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
                       CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
 
Sec. 97. Kentucky

    Kentucky is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the 
Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.

                            Eastern District

    (a) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Anderson, Bath, 
Bell, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Boyle, Bracken, Breathitt, Campbell, 
Carroll, Carter, Clark, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fayette, Fleming, Floyd, 
Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Greenup, Harlan, Harrison, Henry, 
Jackson, Jessamine, Johnson, Kenton, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, 
Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, 
Mason, Menifee, Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owen, Owsley, 
Pendleton, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, 
Scott, Shelby, Trimble, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe, and Woodford.

            Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Ashland, 
                Catlettsburg, Covington, Frankfort, Jackson, Lexington, 
                            London, Pikeville, and Richmond.

                            Western District

    (b) The Western District comprises the counties of Adair, Allen, 
Ballard, Barren, Breckenridge, Bullitt, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, 
Carlisle, Casey, Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Daviess, 
Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Grayson, Green, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, 
Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Jefferson, Larue, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, 
McCracken, McLean, Marion, Marshall, Meade, Metcalfe, Monroe, 
Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Oldham, Russell, Simpson, Spencer, Taylor, 
Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren, Washington, and Webster.

         Court for the Western District shall be held at Bowling Green, 
                           Louisville, Owensboro, and Paducah.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 880; Pub. L. 95-408, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 
2, 1978, 92 Stat. 883.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 158 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 83, 36 Stat. 1112; Jan. 29, 1920, ch. 57, 41 Stat. 400; June 
22, 1936, ch. 707, 49 Stat. 1822).
    Last paragraph of section 158 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., 
relating to process, was omitted as covered by Rule 4 of the Federal 
Rules of Civil Procedure.
    Provisions relating to maintenance of clerk's offices were omitted 
as covered by sections 452 and 751 of this title.
    Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Lexington and 
Pikeville were omitted as obsolete on advice of the Director of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts that Federal 
accommodations are now available in each of those places.
    Words ``with the waters thereof,'' after the list of counties in 
each district, were omitted as unnecessary and inconsistent with other 
sections of this chapter.
    McCreary County of the Eastern District was formed from parts of the 
counties of Pulaski, Wayne, and Whitley since the latest amendment of 
the Judicial Code.
    Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.


                               Amendments

    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-408 provided for holding court at 
Ashland.


           Effective Date of 1978 Amendment; Savings Provision

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-408 effective 180 days after Oct. 2, 1978, 
with such amendment not to affect the composition or preclude the 
service of any grand or petit juror summoned, empaneled, or actually 
serving in any judicial district on the effective date of this Act, see 
section 5 of Pub. L. 95-408, set out as a note under section 89 of this 
title.
