The court is based at the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts. Most sittings are held in Boston, where the court sits for one week most months of the year. The First Circuit also sits for one week each in March and November at the Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, and occasionally sits at other locations within the circuit.
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
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
The US Court of Appeals are often referred to as the Circuit Courts, or by their specific jurisdiction (e.g., First Circuit, Federal Circuit). This is not really another name, but a shortening of the full name of the thirteen US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts.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 CircuitAnother name for the United States courts of appeals is circuit court. You could also say appellate court.
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.
Thirteen.The US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts are divided into 12 regional courts and one national court. They mostly hear cases under appeal from US District Courts, although the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hears cases from courts with special subject matter jurisdiction.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
All of Virginia is within the territorial jurisdiction of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over federal cases in Texas.To access the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit website, see Related Links, below.
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is the lower court under the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
There is no Court of Appeals named as the Twelfth Circuit; it is called the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As the name implies, the Circuit only covers appellate cases for the District of Columbia.
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.
Just one: the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It has territorial jurisdiction over cases heard in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.