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United States District Court for the District of Columbia

United States federal district court

Field	Value
court_type	district
court_name	United States District Court for the District of Columbia
abbreviation	D.D.C.
seal	[[File:Seal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.png	150px]]
seal_size	225px
map_image_name	DC locator map with state names w usmap.png
map_image_width	225px
map_image_caption	Location of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
courthouse	E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse
location	Washington, D.C., U.S.
appeals_to	District of Columbia Circuit
established	March 3, 1863
judges_assigned	15
chief	James Boasberg
us_attorney	Jeanine Pirro
us_marshal	Lamont Ruffin (acting)
official_site

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.

Appeals from the District Court are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, except for patent claims and claims against the United States federal government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit.

The United States Attorney for the District of Columbia is Jeanine Pirro.

History

The court was established by Congress in 1863 as the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, replacing the abolished circuit and district courts of the District of Columbia that had been in place since 1801. The court consisted of four justices, including a chief justice, and was granted the same powers and jurisdiction as the earlier circuit court. Any of the justices could convene a United States circuit court or a local criminal court. In 1936, Congress renamed the court the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. Its current name was adopted in 1948, and from then on justices were known as judges.

Originally housed in the former District of Columbia City Hall, the court now sits in the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse located at 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W., in Washington, D.C. The District has no local district attorney or equivalent, and so local prosecutorial matters also fall into the jurisdiction of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Assistant United States attorneys (AUSAs) are tasked with prosecution of not only federal crimes but also crimes that would normally be left to the state prosecutor's discretion. The District Court has the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation, with around 250 assistant U.S. attorneys.

Active judges

: San Antonio, TexasJudge Lamberth has sat with the Western District of Texas for several months each year since 2015. 1863–1885Recess appointment; formally nominated January 5, 1864; confirmed by the Senate on January 20 and received commission the same day. Lincoln retirement T. RooseveltJudge Anderson was nominated by President McKinley but was appointed to the Court by (i.e., received his commission from) President Roosevelt.

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Associate Justices Clabaugh, McCoy, Wheat and Laws were elevated to Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Laws was assigned to the new Seat 13 by operation of law upon the abolition of the Chief Justice Seat 1.

List of U.S. Attorneys

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia

References

https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-1124T U.S. Government Accountability Office. AMERICAN SAMOA: Issues Associated with Some Federal Court Options. September 18, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
"U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the District of Potomac: Legislative History - Federal Judicial Center".

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