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Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Virginia.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Map of the United States District Courts in Virginia, showing the boundaries of the Eastern and Western Districts, and their divisions. The Eastern District of Virginia court's jurisdiction covers slightly over six million people, comprising approximately 85% of the state's population. Its jurisdiction is grouped into four geographic divisions:
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia [342] Former federal courts of Virginia. United States District Court for the District of Virginia (extinct, subdivided) United States District Court for the District of Potomac (1801-1802; also contained the District of Columbia and pieces of Maryland; extinct, reorganized) [343]
The number of district courts in a court of appeals' circuit varies between one and thirteen, depending on the number of states in the region and the number of districts in each state. The formal naming convention for the district courts is "United States District Court for" followed by the district name.
Robert H. Jackson United States Attorney General and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Ontario County Court House (space leased by the U.S. gov't) Canandaigua: 27 North Main Street: N.D.N.Y. W.D.N.Y. 1860–c. 1912 Still in use as the Ontario County Courthouse. n/a U.S. Post Office† Canandaigua: 28 North Main Street: W.D.N ...
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Each district also has a United States Marshal who serves the court system. Three territories of the United States — the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands — have district courts that hear federal cases, including bankruptcy cases. [1] The breakdown of what is in each judicial district is codified in 28 U.S.C. §§ 81–131.
From 2000 to 2008, the Court had the highest rate of non-publication (92%) on the Federal Circuit. [8] The Chief Justice is always assigned to the Fourth Circuit as the circuit justice, due to Richmond's close proximity to Washington, D.C. [citation needed] The Fourth Circuit is considered an extremely collegial court.