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The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the High Court of American Samoa, it also sometimes handles federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court.
The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse is a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. that is home to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Since 2009, it has also been the meeting location for the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Named after Court of Appeals judge Howard Thomas Markey. Formerly known as the National Courts Building. U.S. Tax Court Bldg: 400 Second Street NW U.S. Tax Court (nationwide) 1972 present E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse: 333 Constitution Avenue NW D.D.C. D.C. Cir. 1952 present Named after Court of Appeals judge E. Barrett Prettyman.
United States District Court for the District of Potomac (1801–1802; also contained pieces of Maryland and Virginia; extinct, reorganized) [4] References
The following is a list of all judges of the United States district and territorial courts. The list includes both "active" and "senior" judges, both of whom hear and decide cases. There are 89 districts in the 50 states, with a total of 94 districts including four territories and the District of Columbia .
The formal naming convention for the district courts is "United States District Court for" followed by the district name. Each district court has one or more meeting places at which it holds hearings and conducts business. Many federal courthouses are named after notable judges, such as the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York ...
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.
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, appellate jurisdiction over the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals; Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals; United States District Court for the District of Columbia, federal trial court; United States Court of Federal Claims, nationwide jurisdiction ...