Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the presiding administrative and judicial officer of the nation’s largest federal appellate court, overseeing its caseload management, internal governance, and en banc proceedings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8067865 — 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: Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Context triple: [Alex Kozinski, positionHeld, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the presiding judicial officer of one of the nation’s most influential federal appellate courts, often regarded as second in importance only to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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B.
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California is the presiding federal district court judge responsible for overseeing the administration, case management, and judicial operations of one of the nation’s largest and busiest federal trial courts.
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C.
Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
The Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court is the head of the state's highest court and judicial branch, overseeing its administration, leadership, and the statewide court system.
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D.
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is the chief administrative officer responsible for overseeing the nonjudicial, operational, and support functions of the federal court system under the supervision of the Judicial Conference.
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E.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in a large western region of the United States, including states such as California, Arizona, and Washington.
- 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: Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Target entity description: The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the presiding administrative and judicial officer of the nation’s largest federal appellate court, overseeing its caseload management, internal governance, and en banc proceedings.
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A.
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the presiding judicial officer of one of the nation’s most influential federal appellate courts, often regarded as second in importance only to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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B.
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
The Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California is the presiding federal district court judge responsible for overseeing the administration, case management, and judicial operations of one of the nation’s largest and busiest federal trial courts.
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C.
Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
The Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court is the head of the state's highest court and judicial branch, overseeing its administration, leadership, and the statewide court system.
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D.
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is the chief administrative officer responsible for overseeing the nonjudicial, operational, and support functions of the federal court system under the supervision of the Judicial Conference.
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E.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in a large western region of the United States, including states such as California, Arizona, and Washington.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal appellate court leadership position
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judicial office ⓘ |
| ageLimit | 70 years for assuming the office ⓘ |
| appliesToCircuit | Ninth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToCourtLevel | United States court of appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | internal succession based on statutory criteria ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | judicial branch of the United States ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdFor | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Ninth Circuit states and territories
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Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
administration of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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case assignment procedures in the Ninth Circuit ⓘ en banc call and composition procedures ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States federal judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
28 U.S.C. § 45
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Title 28 of the United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHoldersAre | United States circuit judges ⓘ |
| officeType | non-elective judicial office ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Judicial Conference of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordinating with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
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ensuring efficient operation of the Ninth Circuit ⓘ implementing national judiciary policies within the Ninth Circuit ⓘ public representation of the Ninth Circuit ⓘ |
| roleInvolves |
administrative leadership of the Ninth Circuit
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assigning judges to panels ⓘ coordinating with district courts within the Ninth Circuit ⓘ judicial leadership of the Ninth Circuit ⓘ managing emergency and administrative orders for the circuit ⓘ overseeing caseload management of the Ninth Circuit ⓘ overseeing court budget and resource allocation ⓘ overseeing court rules and internal operating procedures ⓘ overseeing internal governance of the Ninth Circuit ⓘ overseeing judicial discipline and conduct matters within the circuit ⓘ participating in case adjudication ⓘ presiding over en banc proceedings ⓘ presiding over the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ representing the Ninth Circuit in the Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ supervising circuit-wide administrative staff ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
must be an active judge of the Ninth Circuit
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must be the most senior active judge who is under the age limit and has not previously served as chief judge ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | automatic succession from among active circuit judges ⓘ |
| supervises |
Circuit Executive of the Ninth Circuit
NERFINISHED
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Clerk of Court of the Ninth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ Ninth Circuit judicial councils and committees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termLength | 7 years ⓘ |
| termLimit | non-renewable ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Description of subject: The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the presiding administrative and judicial officer of the nation’s largest federal appellate court, overseeing its caseload management, internal governance, and en banc proceedings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Alex Kozinski
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positionHeld
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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