United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

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


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States district court
federal trial court
abbreviation E.D. Ky.
appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
appliesLaw United States Constitution
United States federal law
associatedWith United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky
country United States
createdBy United States Congress
employs United States district judges
United States magistrate judges
clerks of court
governingStatute Title 28 of the United States Code
handles civil litigation under federal statutes
criminal prosecutions for federal offenses
hasCourtType Article III court
hasFunction adjudication of federal disputes
interpretation and application of federal law in eastern Kentucky
hasJurisdictionOver bankruptcy appeals and related matters as provided by law
cases involving the United States government in eastern Kentucky
diversity jurisdiction cases arising in eastern Kentucky
federal question cases arising in eastern Kentucky
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.kyed.uscourts.gov/
hasSeat Ashland, Kentucky
Covington, Kentucky
Frankfort, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
London, Kentucky
Pikeville, Kentucky
Richmond, Kentucky
hasType trial court of general federal jurisdiction
higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
jurisdiction eastern region of Kentucky
federal civil cases
federal criminal cases
language English
locatedIn Commonwealth of Kentucky
partOf Sixth Circuit judicial system
United States District Courts
federal judiciary of the United States
region Eastern Kentucky
subjectTo local rules of the Eastern District of Kentucky
rules of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
rules of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
usesJuryTrials yes

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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