United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

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United States district court federal trial court

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia canonical	7
United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T537103 — 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 Western District of Virginia
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia]

A. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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.
B. United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Maryland.
C. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of North Carolina.
D. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
E. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the western region of Texas, including major cities such as Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Waco.
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 Western District of Virginia
Target entity description: 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.

A. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
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.
B. United States District Court for the District of Maryland
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of Maryland.
C. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of North Carolina.
D. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
E. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the western region of Texas, including major cities such as Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, and Waco.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
employs	United States federal judges ⓘ surface form: 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	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: 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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Referenced by (8)

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

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

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

Norman Moon → employer → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia ⓘ

Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University → filedInCourt → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia ⓘ

United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia → partOf → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Virginia

United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia → relatedTo → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia ⓘ

Clerk of Court for the Western District of Virginia → jurisdiction → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia ⓘ

Clerk of Court for the Western District of Virginia → employer → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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