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United States district courts
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_district_courts
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:appealsTo
gptkb:United_States_courts_of_appeals
gptkbp:appointedBy
gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:citation
D. (for District)
E.D. (for Eastern District)
M.D. (for Middle District)
N.D. (for Northern District)
S.D. (for Southern District)
W.D. (for Western District)
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established
1789
gptkbp:establishedBy
gptkb:Judiciary_Act_of_1789
gptkbp:hasBenchTrials
yes
gptkbp:hasClerks
yes
gptkbp:hasCourtReporters
yes
gptkbp:hasJuryTrials
yes
gptkbp:hasMagistrateJudges
yes
gptkbp:hasPretrialServices
yes
gptkbp:hasProbationOfficers
yes
gptkbp:hasPublicDefenders
yes
gptkbp:hasU.S._Marshals
yes
gptkbp:highestRankingOfficial
chief judge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
United States district courts
gptkbp:judge
civil actions under federal law
federal crimes
admiralty law
bankruptcy (referred to bankruptcy courts)
diversity jurisdiction cases
gptkbp:judgesConfirmedBy
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:jurisdiction
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
civil cases
criminal cases
most federal cases
gptkbp:level
gptkb:judge
gptkbp:location
gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkb:Guam
gptkb:Northern_Mariana_Islands
gptkb:Puerto_Rico
gptkb:U.S._Virgin_Islands
all 50 states
gptkbp:notableCase
gptkb:United_States_v._Nixon
gptkb:United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education_(initially_filed_in_district_court)
gptkbp:numberOfFloors
94
gptkbp:oversees
gptkb:Administrative_Office_of_the_U.S._Courts
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:Judicial_Conference_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:United_States_federal_judiciary
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:United_States_bankruptcy_courts
gptkb:United_States_courts_of_appeals
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:termLength
life tenure
gptkbp:website
uscourts.gov
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4