United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in Puerto Rico.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico canonical	13
U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico	1
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (historically as a territorial court before Article III conversion)	1
territorial court of Puerto Rico	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434494 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico]

A. Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico
The Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico is the primary trial-level court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, handling most civil and criminal cases under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.
B. Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico
The Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico is the intermediate appellate court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, reviewing decisions from lower courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
C. Municipal Court of Puerto Rico
The Municipal Court of Puerto Rico is a lower-level trial court that handles minor criminal offenses, traffic violations, and other preliminary judicial matters within Puerto Rico’s court system.
D. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest judicial authority in Puerto Rico, responsible for interpreting the territory’s constitution and laws and overseeing its court system.
E. District Court of the Virgin Islands
The District Court of the Virgin Islands is a federal territorial court that handles both federal and certain local cases arising in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in Puerto Rico.

A. Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico
The Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico is the primary trial-level court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, handling most civil and criminal cases under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth.
B. Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico
The Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico is the intermediate appellate court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, reviewing decisions from lower courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.
C. Municipal Court of Puerto Rico
The Municipal Court of Puerto Rico is a lower-level trial court that handles minor criminal offenses, traffic violations, and other preliminary judicial matters within Puerto Rico’s court system.
D. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico is the highest judicial authority in Puerto Rico, responsible for interpreting the territory’s constitution and laws and overseeing its court system.
E. District Court of the Virgin Islands
The District Court of the Virgin Islands is a federal territorial court that handles both federal and certain local cases arising in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
alsoUsesLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
authorizedJudgeships	7 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
cooperatesWith	United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico United States Marshals Service ⓘ surface form: United States Marshals Service for the District of Puerto Rico
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Foraker Act ⓘ
established	1900 ⓘ
gainedArticleIIIStatus	1966 ⓘ
handlesCaseType	admiralty cases ⓘ civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ federal administrative appeals ⓘ federal constitutional claims ⓘ federal tax cases ⓘ
hasClerkOffice	Office of the Clerk of Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ
hasCourthouse	Federico Degetau Federal Building ⓘ José V. Toledo Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse ⓘ
hasDivision	San Juan Division ⓘ
hasJudgeType	Article III judge ⓘ bankruptcy judge ⓘ magistrate judge ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.prd.uscourts.gov ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	United States bankruptcy courts ⓘ surface form: United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico
jurisdiction	Puerto Rico ⓘ bankruptcy appeals ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal law ⓘ federal question cases ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
location	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
originalStatus	territorial court ⓘ
oversees	United States Probation Office for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: United States Pretrial Services Office for the District of Puerto Rico United States Probation Office for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ
partOf	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ surface form: First Circuit federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
seat	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
subjectMatter	United States Constitution ⓘ admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in Puerto Rico waters ⓘ cases between citizens of different states or territories ⓘ cases involving the United States as a party ⓘ federal statutes applicable in Puerto Rico ⓘ treaties of the United States ⓘ
subjectTo	Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

United States territorial courts → hasType → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (historically as a territorial court before Article III conversion)

Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

San Juan Division → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

San Juan Division → hasParentCourt → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

San Juan Division → divisionOf → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Office of the Clerk of Court for the District of Puerto Rico → partOf → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Office of the Clerk of Court for the District of Puerto Rico → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

United States Probation Office for the District of Puerto Rico → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

United States Probation Office for the District of Puerto Rico → reportsTo → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

United States Probation Office for the District of Puerto Rico → serves → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

José V. Toledo Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse → occupant → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Federico Degetau Federal Building → occupant → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

District of Puerto Rico → predecessor → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: territorial court of Puerto Rico

District of Puerto Rico → hasOfficialName → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Assistant United States Attorneys in the District of Puerto Rico → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico ⓘ

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