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

• District of Delaware
• District of New Jersey
• Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania
• District of the United States Virgin Islands

The court is based at the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Judges

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

• Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Circuit Judge Dolores K. Sloviter , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Circuit Judge Richard L. Nygaard , Erie, Pennsylvania
• Circuit Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Newark, New Jersey
• Circuit Judge Jane R. Roth , Wilmington, Delaware
• Circuit Judge Theodore A. McKee , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Circuit Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Circuit Judge Maryanne Trump Barry , Newark, New Jersey
• Circuit Judge Thomas L. Ambro , Wilmington, Delaware
• Circuit Judge Julio M. Fuentes , Newark, New Jersey
• Circuit Judge D. Brooks Smith , Duncansville, Pennsylvania
• Circuit Judge D. Michael Fisher, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Circuit Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen , Easton, Pennsylvania
• Senior Circuit Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert , Santa Barbara, California
• Senior Circuit Judge Max Rosenn , Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
• Senior Circuit Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr. , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Senior Circuit Judge Leonard I. Garth , Newark, New Jersey
• Senior Circuit Judge Edward R. Becker , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Senior Circuit Judge Walter K. Stapleton , Wilmington, Delaware
• Senior Circuit Judge Morton I. Greenberg , Trenton, New Jersey
• Senior Circuit Judge Robert E. Cowen , Trenton, New Jersey

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

One judgeship is vacant as a result of Michael Chertoff's confirmation as Secretary of Homeland Security and subsequent resignation from the court.

External links

• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Recent opinions from Findlaw
• Federal Judicial Center