The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States District Courts:

• District of Connecticut
• Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York
• District of Vermont

The Second Circuit hears argument at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in New York, New York, located in lower Manhattan.

Judges

The judges on the court (as of December 3, 2004) are:

• Chief Judge John M. Walker, Jr. , New York, New York
• Circuit Judge Dennis Jacobs , New York, New York
• Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi, New Haven, Connecticut
• Circuit Judge José A. Cabranes , New Haven, Connecticut
• Circuit Judge Chester J. Straub , New York, New York
• Circuit Judge Rosemary S. Pooler , Syracuse, New York
• Circuit Judge Robert D. Sack , New York, New York
• Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor , New York, New York
• Circuit Judge Robert A. Katzmann , New York, New York
• Circuit Judge Barrington D. Parker , Stamford, Connecticut
• Circuit Judge Reena Raggi , Brooklyn, New York
• Circuit Judge Richard C. Wesley , Geneseo, New York
• Circuit Judge Peter W. Hall , Rutland, Vermont
• Senior Circuit Judge Wilfred Feinberg , New York, New York
• Senior Circuit Judge James L. Oakes , Brattleboro, Vermont
• Senior Circuit Judge Thomas J. Meskill , New Britain, Connecticut
• Senior Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman , Hartford, Connecticut
• Senior Circuit Judge Amalya L. Kearse , New York, New York
• Senior Circuit Judge Richard J. Cardamone , Utica, New York
• Senior Circuit Judge Ralph K. Winter , New Haven, Connecticut
• Senior Circuit Judge Roger J. Miner , Albany and New York, New York
• Senior Circuit Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin , New York, New York
• Senior Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval , New York, New York

(Here circuit judges and senior circuit judges are listed in order of seniority.)

No judgeships are vacant.

Notable alumni

Famed judge Learned Hand served on the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1951, as did his cousin, Augustus Noble Hand, from 1927 until 1953.

External links

• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Recent opinions from FindLaw
• Federal Judicial Center