United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is a federal trial court known for its fast-paced docket and significant civil rights and national security cases.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Eastern District of Virginia	2
Eastern District of Virginia (likely)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Virginia ⓘ surface form: E.D. Va. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Eastern District of Virginia
appealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ
associatedWith	United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coversRegion	Hampton Roads ⓘ Northern Virginia ⓘ Richmond area ⓘ eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
employs	United States bankruptcy judges ⓘ United States district judges ⓘ United States Magistrate Judges ⓘ surface form: United States magistrate judges
established	February 4, 1819 ⓘ
governingBody	Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
governs	federal law cases arising in its district ⓘ
handles	federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	E.D. Va. ⓘ
hasCourthouseIn	Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ Newport News, Virginia ⓘ Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
hasTypeOfJurisdiction	original jurisdiction in federal matters ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ
hears	cases involving federal agencies ⓘ cases involving federal statutes ⓘ cases involving the United States Constitution ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Eastern District of Virginia
knownFor	complex intellectual property cases ⓘ expedited civil litigation ⓘ fast-paced docket ⓘ significant civil rights cases ⓘ significant national security cases ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ
locatedIn	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
nickname	Rocket Docket ⓘ
partOf	United States district courts ⓘ surface form: United States District Courts federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
primaryCourthouse	Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse ⓘ
primaryCourthouseLocation	Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ
subjectTo	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ local rules of the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → alsoKnownAs → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Virginia

Patent Trial and Appeal Board → appealTo → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ

Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County → court → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ

United States v. Julian Assange → court → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ

United States v. Edward Snowden → filedIn → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Virginia

Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse → regionServed → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern District of Virginia (likely)

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ

Fourth federal judicial circuit → reviewsFrom → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ⓘ