[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC101]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
Sec. 101. Massachusetts
Massachusetts constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Boston, New Bedford, Springfield, and
Worcester.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 882.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 167 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 87, 36 Stat. 1114; May 1, 1922, ch. 173, 42 Stat. 503; May 17,
1926, ch. 306, 44 Stat. 559).
Words ``and the terms at Boston shall not be terminated or affected
by the terms at Springfield, New Bedford, or Worcester,'' were omitted
as covered by section 138 of this title.
Provisions relating to appointment of deputy clerks and deputy
marshals, and maintenance of office by said deputies were omitted as
covered by sections 541 [see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.
Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Springfield
and Worcester were omitted as obsolete upon advice of Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts that federal
accommodations have been provided at such places.
A provision requiring the return of all process to the terms at
Boston and the keeping of all court papers in the clerk's office at
Boston, unless otherwise specially ordered by the court, was omitted,
since such matters can be regulated more appropriately by court rule or
order. See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 4(g).
The provision respecti
