United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

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The United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Virginia.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States district court
federal trial court
appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
appliesLaw United States Constitution
federal regulations
federal statutes of the United States
country United States
createdBy United States Congress
employs United States district judges
United States magistrate judges
enforces federal criminal law in the Western District of Virginia
governingBody Judicial Conference of the United States
handles federal civil cases
federal criminal cases
hasAuthorityOver federal agencies within its district in appropriate cases
hasClerk Clerk of Court for the Western District of Virginia
hasCourthouse Abingdon, Virginia
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Danville, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
hasLevel trial court
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.vawd.uscourts.gov/
hasSeat Roanoke, Virginia
hasType Article III court
hears bankruptcy appeals and related matters
cases arising under federal law
diversity jurisdiction cases
federal question jurisdiction cases
jurisdiction Western District of Virginia
western region of Virginia
language English
locatedIn Commonwealth of Virginia
United States
partOf United States federal court system
federal judiciary of the United States
subjectTo review by the Supreme Court of the United States in appropriate cases
review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
supervises federal grand juries in the Western District of Virginia
worksWith United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia


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