Federal Judicial Center Operational Status:

Due to a lapse in appropriations, the Federal Judicial Center (Center) has ceased all non-excepted activities until funding is restored.

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U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota: Legislative History

February 22, 1889 25 Stat. 676	Congress organized South Dakota as one judicial district, authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court, and assigned the district to the Eighth Circuit. The act became effective upon the admission of the State of South Dakota on November 2, 1889.
February 26, 1929 45 Stat. 1317	One temporary judgeship authorized. The temporary increase in the court's authorized membership expired in 1933.
February 10, 1954 68 Stat. 8	One temporary judgeship authorized.
September 7, 1957 71 Stat. 631	Congress reauthorized and made permanent the judgeship created in 1954.
October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	One additional judgeship authorized.

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