- District courts
- 677 judges
- 94 different courts
- 12 judicial districts
Secret Courts
- Alien Terrorist Remove Court
- FISA
District Court Jurisdiction
- district courts do not hear cases within original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
- hear both criminal and civil cases
- in a criminal case the US is always the prosecutor.
- most decisions on the federal district courts
Court of Appeals
- 3 judge panels
- 6-28 judges and 1 Supreme Court Justice for each district
- most cases come from within the court of appeals district
Court of International Trade
- federal trial court only tries civil cases that arise out of the nation's customs and other trade related laws
- 9 judges-chief justice appointed by the President and Senate
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