The United States of Appeals for the seventh Circuit has jurisdiction in the districts of Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. This is also a federal court.
There are thirteen US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts below the US Supreme Court:US Court of Appeals for the First CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitUS Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
No, the highest court in the US is the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr...............US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Justice Antonin Scalia.........................US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Justice Anthony Kennedy.....................US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Justice Clarence Thomas.....................US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg................US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Justice Stephen Breyer........................US Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit Justice Samuel Alito...........................US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit Justice Sonia Sotomayor.....................US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Justice Elena Kagan............................N/A
You can appeal a case to the US Court of Appeals Circuit Court for the appropriate circuit following a trial in US District Court. Both courts are part of the federal Judiciary Branch.
File an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for that circuit.
Cases appealed from US District Courts typically go to the US Court of Appeals Circuit Court for the territorial Circuit to which that District Court belongs. Under certain circumstances, US District Court cases may go directly to the US Supreme Courtunder direct or expedited appeal, but the Circuit Courts hear the majority of appeals from District Courts.
Nevada is part of the Ninth Circuit. Cases tried in the US District Court for the District of Nevada may be appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In the US Federal court system, the Circuit Courts and the Court of Appeals are the same entity. The proper name for the thirteen appellate courts is US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts. These are different from the US Circuit Courts established in the 19th century, which no longer exist. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
The numbered federal courts over which Supreme Court justices have limited authority are the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts. There are only thirteen Circuits, numbered one through eleven (as in US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit), plus the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. There is no Fourteenth Circuit or District.The 94 US District Courts (trial courts) are labeled by territorial jurisdiction, identifying the geographic area the court serves; for example, US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The District Courts interact more directly with the intermediate appellate Circuit Courts than with the US Supreme Court.
The US District Court for the District of New Mexico is in the Tenth Circuit. Appeals should be filed electronically with the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado.
There are 94 US District Courts, 1 US Court of International Trade, 13 US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, and 1 Supreme Court of the United States in the Judicial Branch, which is what most people mean when they say "federal court system"Total: 109 Courts