Court directory

# U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

[View district on Ohio map](/kyj/state/ohio?federalDistrict=OHS)

## Court information

### Western Division At Cincinnati

Physical address

Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, Room 103, 100 East Fifth St, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Phone

(513) 564-7500

[PACER court records](https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/court-cmecf-lookup/court/OHSDC) Checked Aug 13, 2026

### Eastern Division At Columbus

Physical address

Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse, Room 121, 85 Marconi Blvd, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone

(614) 719-3000

[PACER court records](https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/court-cmecf-lookup/court/OHSDC) Checked Aug 13, 2026

### Western Division At Dayton

Physical address

Federal Building, Room 712, 200 West Second St, Dayton, Ohio 45402

Phone

(937) 512-1400

[PACER court records](https://pacer.uscourts.gov/file-case/court-cmecf-lookup/court/OHSDC) Checked Aug 13, 2026

Aliases: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of OH · S.D. Ohio

## Assigned Judges

- [Algenon L. Marbley Judge](/kyj/judge/algenon-l-marbley)

- [Candace J. Smith U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/candace-j-smith-kentucky-us-magistrate)

- [Caroline H. Gentry U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/caroline-h-gentry-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Chelsey M. Vascura U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/chelsey-m-vascura-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Douglas Russell Cole Judge](/kyj/judge/douglas-russell-cole)

- [Edmund A. Sargus Jr. Judge](/kyj/judge/edmund-a-sargus-jr)

- [Herman Jacob Weber Judge](/kyj/judge/herman-jacob-weber)

- [James L. Graham Judge](/kyj/judge/james-l-graham)

- [Jeffery Paul Hopkins Judge](/kyj/judge/jeffery-paul-hopkins)

- [Karen L. Litkovitz U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/karen-l-litkovitz-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Kimberly A. Jolson U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/kimberly-a-jolson-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Matthew R. Byrne United States District Judge](/kyj/judge/matthew-r-byrne)

- [Matthew Walden McFarland Judge](/kyj/judge/matthew-walden-mcfarland)

- [Michael H. Watson Judge](/kyj/judge/michael-h-watson)

- [Michael Jay Newman Judge](/kyj/judge/michael-jay-newman)

- [Michael R. Merz U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/michael-r-merz-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Michael Ryan Barrett Judge](/kyj/judge/michael-ryan-barrett)

- [Norah Mccann King U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/norah-mccann-king-new-jersey-us-magistrate)

- [Peter B. Silvain, Jr U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/peter-b-silvain-jr-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [S. Courter Morris Shimeall U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/courter-shimeall-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Sandra Shank Beckwith Judge](/kyj/judge/sandra-shank-beckwith)

- [Sarah Daggett Morrison Judge](/kyj/judge/sarah-daggett-morrison)

- [Stephanie K. Bowman U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/stephanie-k-bowman-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Susan J. Dlott Judge](/kyj/judge/susan-j-dlott)

- [Terence Peter Kemp U.S. Magistrate Judge](/kyj/judge/terence-peter-kemp-ohio-us-magistrate)

- [Thomas M. Rose Judge](/kyj/judge/thomas-m-rose)

- [Timothy Seymour Black Judge](/kyj/judge/timothy-s-black)

- [Walter Herbert Rice Judge](/kyj/judge/walter-h-rice)

## AI abuse cases

### Arron v. Custer, et al.

Court response

Citation treated as unverified

### Quandel Construction Group, Inc. v. Hunt Construction Group, Inc.

Court response

Order to Explain

### Kettering Adventist Healthcare v. Sandra Collier, et al.

Court response

Contempt Finding; Brief Struck; Monetary Sanction

### Kendle Mardis v. Dealer Loyalty Protection, Inc., et al.

Court response

Warning

### Hector Salvatori v. The Huntington National Bank

### Lahti v. Consensys Software Inc.

Court response

Submission Stricken