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Federal Courthouse Near Cherokee, NC will remain open after thoughts it may close

9/12/2012 9:22:04 AM

 

A federal courthouse that handles cases from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

won't be closing.

The courthouse in Bryson, North Carolina, was initially put on a closure

list. But it was saved because it's the only place that handles Indian Country

criminal cases, Chief Judge David Sentelle of the D.C. Circuit

Court of Appeals said.

Sentelle, however, said six other facilities in the Southern states will

be closing in the next few years.