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United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Tennessee

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

Judges

Judge Appointed By Assumed Office Bachelors Law

Jennie D. Latta

March 6, 1997 -

University of Memphis

University of Memphis

James L. Croom

March 20, 2013 -

University of Tennessee, 1983

Memphis State University, 1986

M. Ruthie Hagan

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

October 16, 2020 -

University of Kansas

University of Arkansas School of Law

Denise Barnett

United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

November 8, 2021 -

City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1990

William Mitchell College of Law, 1995


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 were 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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