United States District Court for the Northern District of California

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The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of California, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States district court
federal trial court
abbreviation N.D. Cal.
N.D. California
ND Cal.
appliesLaw United States Constitution
United States federal law
country United States of America
establishedBy United States Congress
governingBody Judicial Conference of the United States
handles antitrust cases
intellectual property cases
patent cases
securities cases
technology-related litigation
hasClerkOffice Office of the Clerk of Court for the Northern District of California
hasCourthouse Eureka–McKinleyville federal courthouse
Oakland federal courthouse
Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse
San Jose federal courthouse
hasDivision Eureka Division
Oakland Division
San Francisco Division
San Jose Division
hasJudgeType United States district judge
United States magistrate judge
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasType Article III court
hasWebsite https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/
higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
jurisdiction Northern District of California
San Francisco Bay Area
Silicon Valley
counties in Northern California
federal civil cases
federal criminal cases
legalSystem common law
location Eureka, California
Oakland, California
San Francisco, California
San Jose, California
partOf Ninth Circuit
federal judiciary of the United States
seat San Francisco, California
uses Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence


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