United States bankruptcy court, District of Minnesota

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The United States bankruptcy court, District of Minnesota is the United States bankruptcy court in Minnesota that is associated with the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Judges

Judge Appointed By Assumed Office Bachelors Law

Michael E. Ridgway

Yankton College, 1978

University of Notre Dame Law School, 1981

William J. Fisher

Tufts University

University of Chicago Law School

Katherine A. Constantine

July 1, 2013 -

Georgetown University, 1977

Georgetown Law Center, 1980

Kesha Tanabe

United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit

January 7, 2022 -

University of St. Thomas, 2001

Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, 2005


About this court

See also: United States bankruptcy court

The United States bankruptcy courts are a system of federal courts authorized to hear bankruptcy cases. The courts were established in their current form by the Bankruptcy Amendment Act of 1984.

Under the act, federal district courts have original jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases in their districts and are authorized to refer such cases to a bankruptcy court for their district.

As of May 2023, there are 90 federal bankruptcy courts. The Districts of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands handle bankruptcy cases directly rather than through a bankruptcy court. The Eastern and Western districts of Arkansas share a single bankruptcy court. All other federal district courts have an associated bankruptcy court.

Judges on federal bankruptcy courts are appointed to 14-year terms by judges of the appeals court with jurisdiction over the district.[1]

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