The Courthouse is one of the busiest federal court houses in the nation.

[1] The building is named for District Court Judge Edward Joseph Schwartz.

On May 4, 2008, Rachel Lynn Carlock and her boyfriend Donny Love Sr. placed a backpack containing three pipe bombs at the front door.

The bombs went off without injuring anyone and only shattering the doors to the courthouse.

[2] A proposed annex grew to become an additional federal court building, the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse.