This reference page identifies the federal district that covers Pittsburg County and Latimer County, Oklahoma, the statute that sets the district boundaries, and the locations where the district court sits. Published by John D. Kirby as part of the Oklahoma Federal Defense Research Desk.
101 North 5th Street, Room 208 Muskogee, OK 74401
Published by the court at oked.uscourts.gov
Statutory places of holding court: Ada, Ardmore, Durant, Hugo, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Poteau, and S. McAlester. — 28 U.S.C. § 116(b)
District jurisdiction, the three Oklahoma districts, and how cases are assigned
Read the reference →The statutes most often charged in Oklahoma federal court
Read the reference →18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, the guidelines, and mandatory minimums
Read the reference →18 U.S.C. § 1001, fraud conspiracies, and the U.S. Attorney’s Offices
Read the reference →Pittsburg County and Latimer County lies in the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Congress sets the district boundaries by statute; 28 U.S.C. § 116(b) lists every county in the district.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 116(b), court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma shall be held at Ada, Ardmore, Durant, Hugo, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Poteau, and S. McAlester. The main office location published by the court is 101 North 5th Street, Room 208 Muskogee, OK 74401.
Current addresses and hours are published by the court itself at oked.uscourts.gov and through the U.S. Courts Federal Court Finder at uscourts.gov. Check those pages before visiting; locations change.
The district comprises 26 counties: Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Love, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Murray, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Wagoner. Congress defined these boundaries in 28 U.S.C. § 116(b), and the district court holds session at Ada, Ardmore, Durant, Hugo, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Poteau, and S. McAlester. Federal criminal cases arising anywhere in the district are filed in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
Related coverage in this district:
Eastern District of Oklahoma overview · Muskogee County · Cherokee County and Adair County · Okmulgee County and McIntosh CountyEach citation links to the primary source and quotes it verbatim. Verify the current text at the linked source before relying on it.
“(b) The Eastern District comprises the counties of Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore Love, McCurtain, McIntosh, Marshall, Murray, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Seminole, Sequoyah, and Wagoner. Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Ada, Ardmore, Durant, Hugo, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Poteau, and S. McAlester.”
“101 North 5th Street, Room 208 Muskogee, OK 74401”
“Attorney’s Office is responsible for guiding investigations and prosecuting violations of federal criminal law, prosecuting and/or defending civil actions in which the United States is a party, and collecting debts owed to the United States which are administratively uncollectable.”
“The district courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of all offenses against the laws of the United States. Nothing in this title”