District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands

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United States federal court territorial court

The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands is a U.S. federal court with jurisdiction over the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, functioning similarly to a U.S. district court and subject to appellate review by the Ninth Circuit.

Aliases (3)

Office of the Clerk of Court for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ×1
United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands (in its trial capacity) ×1
United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands acting as a bankruptcy court by designation ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal court → territorial court →
abbreviation	D.N.M.I. →
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit →
basedOn	United States District Court model →
confirmationBy	United States Senate →
coordinatesWith	local courts of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands →
country	United States of America →
createdBy	Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America →
establishedBy	United States Congress →
establishedUnder	Article IV of the United States Constitution →
governingLaw	Title 28 of the United States Code →
handles	cases arising under United States federal law → certain local matters under Northern Mariana Islands law →
hasAppealsFrom	United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands (in its trial capacity) →
hasAuthorityOver	federal civil actions arising in the Northern Mariana Islands → federal crimes committed in the Northern Mariana Islands →
hasBankruptcyMattersHandledBy	United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands acting as a bankruptcy court by designation →
hasBuildingType	federal courthouse →
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands →
hasClerkOffice	Office of the Clerk of Court for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands →
hasJudgeType	Article IV territorial district judge →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hasSeat	Saipan →
hasTypeOfJurisdiction	bankruptcy jurisdiction → civil jurisdiction → criminal jurisdiction → diversity jurisdiction → federal question jurisdiction →
hasWebsite	https://www.nmid.uscourts.gov/ →
hearsAppealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit →
isDistinctFrom	Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands →
isSimilarTo	United States district courts in the states →
judgeReappointment	possible upon expiration of term →
judgeTermLength	10 years →
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands →
locatedIn	Northern Mariana Islands → Saipan →
nominatingAuthority	President of the United States →
partOf	Ninth Circuit judicial system → federal judiciary of the United States →
servesPopulation	residents of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands →
subjectTo	judicial review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit →
subjectToAppealRules	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure →
uses	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure → Federal Rules of Evidence →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CA9 →	circuitIncludes
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ("United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands (in its trial capacity)") →	hasAppealsFrom
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ("United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands acting as a bankruptcy court by designation") →	hasBankruptcyMattersHandledBy
District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ("Office of the Clerk of Court for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands") →	hasClerkOffice
United States territorial courts →	hasType
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit →	reviewsDecisionsOf