28 U.S.C. § 41

Number and composition of circuits

Each circuit judge in regular active service of the former fifth circuit whose official station on the day before the effective date of this Act [ Oct. 1, 1981 ]—

The thirteen judicial circuits of the United States are constituted as follows:

Circuits	Composition
District of Columbia	District of Columbia.
First	Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island.
Second	Connecticut, New York, Vermont.
Third	Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Islands.
Fourth	Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia.
Fifth	District of the Canal Zone, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas.
Sixth	Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee.
Seventh	Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin.
Eighth	Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota.
Ninth	Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, Hawaii.
Tenth	Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming.
Eleventh	Alabama, Florida, Georgia.
Federal	All Federal judicial districts.

shall run from the date of commission of such judge as a judge of the former fifth circuit.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 646 , 62 Stat. 870 ; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 34 , 65 Stat. 723 ; Pub. L. 96–452, § 2 , Oct. 14, 1980 , 94 Stat. 1994 ; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 101 , Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 25 .)