United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States district court
federal trial court
abbreviation D.S.C.
surface form: D.S.C. (historical and citation context often uses D.S.C. for the District of South Carolina)
appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
appliesLaw 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

United States Constitution
federal regulations
federal statutes of the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
courtSystem federal judiciary of the United States
courtType trial court
employs United States federal judges
surface form: United States district judges

United States magistrate judges
court clerks and administrative staff
fundedBy United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
governingBody United States government
handles civil cases
criminal cases
hasJurisdictionOver diversity jurisdiction cases arising in the eastern region of South Carolina
federal criminal prosecutions in the eastern region of South Carolina
federal law cases arising in the eastern region of South Carolina
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.scd.uscourts.gov/
hasTypeOfCase admiralty and maritime cases
bankruptcy appeals and related matters (from bankruptcy court)
civil rights cases
employment discrimination cases
environmental law cases
federal criminal offenses
federal question jurisdiction cases
federal tax cases
habeas corpus petitions
immigration-related federal cases
intellectual property cases
prisoner civil rights actions
securities law cases
social security appeals
hearsAppealsFrom United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Carolina (in certain matters)
isSubdivisionOf federal courts in South Carolina
jurisdiction eastern region of South Carolina
language English
legalSystem common law
levelOfCourt district court
locatedIn South Carolina
partOf Article III court
surface form: Article III courts of the United States (for its Article III judges)

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit geographic circuit
subjectToReviewBy Supreme Court of the United States

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Briggs v. Elliott court United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina
Clarendon County school board relevantCourt United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina