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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (historically as a territorial court before Article III conversion)	1

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

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)

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