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U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon: Authorized Judgeships

Below are tables showing authorized positions for U.S. district judges, U.S. bankruptcy judges, and U.S. magistrate judges. While district and bankruptcy judgeships are authorized by congressional statute, magistrate judgeships are authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States. For more detail regarding the authorization of these judgeships, see the Legislative History and Succession Chart(s) pages for each district court (see menu at right), Authorized Bankruptcy Judgeships, Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by location), and Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by fiscal year).

Authorized District Judgeships

March 3, 1859
11 Stat. 437
1
March 2, 1909
35 Stat. 686
2
August 3, 1949
63 Stat. 493
3
October 20, 1978
92 Stat. 1629
5
December 1, 1990
104 Stat. 5089
6

 

Authorized Bankruptcy Judgeships

July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 336
4
October 27, 1986
100 Stat. 3088
5

 

Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by location)

Location Full-Time Part-Time Combination
Astoria   1 (1971–1975)  
Bend   1 (1972–1997)  
Coquille   1 (1971–1987)  
Crater Lake National Park   1 (1971–1973)  
Eugene 1 (1981–present) 1 (1971–1973) bankruptcy judge-magistrate 
1 (1974–1980)
Klamath Falls   1 (1971–1981)  
Medford 1 (1994–present) 1 (1990–1993)  
Pendleton   1 (1971–present)  
Portland 1 (1971–1976)
2 (1977–1991)
3 (1992–1997)
4 (1998–present)
   
Total 1 (1971–1976)
2 (1977–1980)
3 (1981–1991)
4 (1992–1993)
5 (1994–1997)
6 (1998–present)
6 (1971)
7 (1972–1973)
5 (1974–1975)
4 (1976–1981)
3 (1982–1987)
2 (1988–1989)
3 (1990–1993)
2 (1994–1997)
1 (1998–present)
0 (1971–1973)
1 (1974–1980)
0 (1981–present)

 

Authorized Magistrate Judgeships (by fiscal year)

Fiscal Year(s) Full-Time Total Part-Time Total Combination Total
1971 Portland 1 Astoria, Coquille, Crater Lake National Park, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Pendleton 6   0
1972–1973 Portland 1 Astoria, Bend, Coquille, Crater Lake National Park, Eugene, Klamath Falls, Pendleton 7   0
1974–1975 Portland 1 Astoria, Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton 5 Eugene (bankruptcy judge-magistrate) 1
1976 Portland 1 Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton 4 Eugene (bankruptcy judge-magistrate) 1
1977–1980 Portland  (2) 2 Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton 4 Eugene (bankruptcy judge-magistrate) 1
1981 Eugene, Portland (2) 3 Bend, Coquille, Klamath Falls, Pendleton 4   0
1982–1987 Eugene, Portland (2) 3 Bend, Coquille, Pendleton 3   0
1988–1989 Eugene, Portland (2) 3 Bend, Pendleton 2   0
1990–1991 Eugene, Portland (2) 3 Bend, Medford, Pendleton 3   0
1992–1993 Eugene, Portland (3) 4 Bend, Medford, Pendleton 3   0
1994–1997 Eugene, Medford, Portland (3) 5 Bend, Pendleton 2   0
1998–present Eugene, Medford, Portland (4) 6 Pendleton 1   0

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