About The District

Judicial Resources

The District Court judicial resources for the Eastern District are:

• Two Active Federal District Court Judges
• Two Senior Status Federal District Court Judge
• Two full-time and one part-time United States Magistrate Judges Two Bankruptcy Judges
• The District Court cases are appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jurisdiction

The 44 easternmost counties comprise the Eastern District of North Carolina. Those counties are:

The Court system has further divided the District into the following four divisions:

• Western Division headquartered in Raleigh
• Northern Division headquartered in Elizabeth City
• Eastern Division headquartered in Greenville
• Southern Division headquartered in Wilmington