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