United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Massachusetts.

Aliases (2)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court → federal trial court →
abbreviation	D. Mass. →
associatedWith	United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts →
basedIn	Boston, Massachusetts →
category	Federal courts in Massachusetts → United States district courts →
country	United States →
employs	United States district judges → United States magistrate judges →
established	1789 →
establishedBy	Judiciary Act of 1789 →
governingLaw	Title 28 of the United States Code →
handles	bankruptcy appeals from the District of Massachusetts →
hasAppellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit →
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts →
hasCourthouse	John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse →
hasDivision	Central Division → Eastern Division → Western Division →
hasLocation	Boston, Massachusetts → Springfield, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → Worcester, Massachusetts →
hasWebsite	https://www.mad.uscourts.gov/ →
hears	cases involving federal statutes → cases involving the United States Constitution → cases involving treaties of the United States → diversity jurisdiction cases → federal question jurisdiction cases →
jurisdiction	civil cases arising under federal law → criminal cases arising under federal law → federal law →
language	English →
locatedIn	Massachusetts →
oversees	United States Pretrial Services for the District of Massachusetts → United States Probation Office for the District of Massachusetts →
partOf	United States federal court system → federal judiciary of the United States →
seat	Boston, Massachusetts →
subjectToReviewBy	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit →
territorialJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Massachusetts →
type	Article III court →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse →	houses
Town of Shirley ("United States federal judicial district of Massachusetts") →	isInFederalDistrict
John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse →	jurisdictionOf
Maine District of Massachusetts ("United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (administrative connection)") →	partOf
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit →	reviewsCasesFrom