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.

Aliases (2)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court → federal trial court →
alsoKnownAs	E.D. Va. → 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 →
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 →
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	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	Commonwealth of Virginia →
nickname	Rocket Docket →
partOf	United States District Courts → federal judiciary of the United States →
primaryCourthouse	Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse →
primaryCourthouseLocation	Alexandria, Virginia →
subjectTo	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)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County → United States v. Julian Assange →	court
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ("Eastern District of Virginia") →	alsoKnownAs
Patent Trial and Appeal Board →	appealTo
United States v. Edward Snowden →	filedIn
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ("Eastern District of Virginia") →	jurisdiction
Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse ("Eastern District of Virginia (likely)") →	regionServed
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit →	reviewsCasesFrom
Fourth federal judicial circuit →	reviewsFrom