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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
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	District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Commonwealth Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: 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	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
locatedIn	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Saipan ⓘ
nominatingAuthority	President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ surface form: 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 for appeals from district courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
uses	United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence

Referenced by (6)

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

CA9 → circuitIncludes → District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ

District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands → hasAppealsFrom → District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands (in its trial capacity)

District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands → hasBankruptcyMattersHandledBy → District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands acting as a bankruptcy court by designation

District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands → hasClerkOffice → District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Clerk of Court for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands

United States territorial courts → hasType → District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit → reviewsDecisionsOf → District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ