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United States bankruptcy court, District of South Carolina

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TheUnited States bankruptcy court, District of South Carolina is theUnited States bankruptcy court inSouth Carolina that is associated with theUnited States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Judges

Judge	Assumed Office	Bachelors	Law
John E. Waites	June 27, 1994 -	Davidson College	University of South Carolina
Helen Elizabeth Burris	March 1, 2006 -	Appalachian State University	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
David R. Duncan	May 26, 2006 -	University of South Carolina	University of South Carolina

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 ofGuam, theNorthern Mariana Islands, andthe Virgin Islands handle bankruptcy cases directly rather than through a bankruptcy court. TheEastern andWestern 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 theappeals court with jurisdiction over the district.^[1]

External links

Footnotes

↑Federal Judicial Center, "U.S. Bankruptcy Courts," accessed May 31, 2023

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Terms	Chief Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court