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United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Kentucky

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TheUnited States bankruptcy court, Western District of Kentucky is theUnited States bankruptcy court in westernKentucky that is associated with theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.

Judges

Judge	Appointed By	Assumed Office	Bachelors	Law
Joan A. Lloyd	United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit	December 22, 2013 -	University of Kentucky	University of Louisville
Charles Merrill	United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit	December 22, 2020 -

About this court

Courts in Kentucky

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