United States district courts

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court system federal trial court

United States district courts are the federal trial courts where civil and criminal cases are initially heard and decided under U.S. federal law.

Aliases (28)

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system → federal trial court →
appealsGoTo	regional United States courts of appeals →
appliesJurisdiction	federal law of the United States →
canImpose	federal criminal sentences →
canIssue	declaratory judgments → injunctions → warrants →
constitutionalBasis	Article III of the United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
createdBy	United States Congress →
governingStatute	Title 28 of the United States Code →
hasClerkOffice	office of the clerk of court in each district →
hasHigherCourt	United States courts of appeals →
hasHighestCourtAbove	Supreme Court of the United States →
hasJudgeType	United States district judge → United States magistrate judge →
hasJurisdictionOver	admiralty and maritime cases → cases involving foreign states in specified circumstances → certain cases between citizens of different states → civil actions involving the United States government as a party → federal crimes →
hasJuryType	civil jury in qualifying civil cases → grand jury in criminal matters → petit jury in criminal trials →
hasLawEnforcementArm	United States Marshals Service operating in each district →
hasNumberOfJudicialDistricts	94 →
hasOfficialLanguage	English →
hearsCaseType	bankruptcy appeals in some instances → cases arising under federal statutes → cases arising under the Constitution of the United States → cases arising under treaties of the United States → civil cases under federal law → criminal cases under federal law → diversity jurisdiction cases → federal question jurisdiction cases →
includes	United States district court in the District of Columbia → United States district courts in Puerto Rico and certain U.S. territories → United States district courts in each state →
judgeAppointmentBy	President of the United States →
judgeConfirmationBy	United States Senate →
judgeTerm	life tenure during good behavior for Article III district judges →
locationScope	geographic judicial districts defined by Congress →
magistrateJudgeTerm	fixed term of years for magistrate judges →
partOf	Article III courts of the United States → federal judiciary of the United States →
primaryFunction	trial-level adjudication of federal cases →
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of the United States through certiorari →
usesAppellateRules	Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts →
usesEvidenceRules	Federal Rules of Evidence →
usesProcedureRules	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure →

Referenced by (89)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut ("United States District Court system") → United States District Court for the District of Maryland ("United States District Court system") → United States District Court for the District of Montana ("United States District Court system") → United States District Court for the District of Nevada ("United States District Court system") → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ("United States District Courts") → United States District Court for the District of Vermont ("United States District Court system") → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ("United States District Courts") → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ("United States District Courts") → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma ("United States district court system") → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ("United States District Courts") → United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina ("United States District Courts") → United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ("United States District Courts") → United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ("United States District Court system") → United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ("United States District Courts") →	partOf
Administrative Office of the United States Courts → Committee on the Budget → Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure → Public Law 61-475 →	appliesTo
United States District Court for the District of Colorado → United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts → United States District Court for the District of New Jersey → Western District of Oklahoma →	category
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("United States district courts in Virginia") → United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("United States district courts in West Virginia") → United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("United States district courts in North Carolina") → United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("United States district courts in South Carolina") →	handlesAppealsFrom
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas ("United States district courts in Arkansas") → United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois → United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi → United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma →	hasCategory
CA7 ("United States district courts in Illinois") → CA7 ("United States district courts in Indiana") → CA7 ("United States district courts in Wisconsin") → United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ("United States District Court for the District of Arizona") →	reviewsDecisionsOf
Article I – General Provisions → Article II – Judicial Notice → Article IV – Relevance and Its Limits ("United States federal trial courts") →	appliesIn
Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → Environmental Defense Section → Tax Division ("United States District Courts") →	litigatesIn
Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 → Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 ("Article III courts") → United States bankruptcy courts →	relatedTo
Article V – Privileges → Rule 72 →	bindingOn
United States territorial courts → United States territorial courts ("Article III courts") →	differentFrom
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States ("United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia") → United States v. Nixon ("United States District Court for the District of Columbia") →	lowerCourt
Judicial Code of 1911 → Public Law 61-475 →	transferredJurisdictionTo
United States courts of appeals →	above
Judicial Code of 1911 →	affectedCourt
Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 →	allocatesJurisdictionTo
IRS Appeals Office ("United States District Courts in tax cases") →	alternativeTo
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ("United States District Courts in the Seventh Circuit") →	appealFrom
United States bankruptcy courts →	appealsTo
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board →	appealTo
United States Attorney ("United States District Court") →	appearsBefore
United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure →	appliesToCourtSystem
Executive Office for United States Attorneys ("United States federal judicial districts") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Brown II →	assignedResponsibilityTo
federal pretrial services system ("U.S. district courts") →	collaboratesWith
Machine Gun Kelly ("United States federal court") →	convictedBy
Western District of Washington ("United States District Court") →	courtType
Federal Supplement ("United States District Courts") →	coversCourt
Judiciary Act of 1789 →	createdCourt
Judiciary Act of 1789 →	definedJurisdictionOf
Article VIII – Hearsay ("United States federal trial courts") →	effectiveIn
Title 28 of the United States Code →	governs
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts →	governsAppealsFrom
Tucker Act jurisdiction →	grantsJurisdictionTo
United States in tax litigation →	hasVenue
United States district courts ("United States district court in the District of Columbia") →	includes
federal judiciary of the United States →	includesCourt
United States law →	interpretedBy
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington ("United States District Court system") →	isPartOf
Judicial Conference of the United States →	jurisdiction
CA9 ("United States district courts in the Ninth Circuit") →	levelOfAppealFrom
United States bankruptcy courts ("United States federal judicial districts") →	locatedInJurisdiction
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ("United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi") →	originatingCourt
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ("United States District Court for the District of Maine") →	reviewsCasesFrom
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ("United States District Courts within the Tenth Circuit") →	reviewsFrom
Committee on Security and Facilities →	scope
United States bankruptcy courts →	subordinateTo
AOUSC ("United States District Courts") →	supportsBody
Western District of Oklahoma ("United States district court") →	trialLevel
United States Magistrate Judge ("United States District Court") →	worksAt
Assistant United States Attorney ("United States district court") →	worksIn