United States federal judicial circuit

Congress has divided the United States into a number of judicial circuits, each of which includes several District Courtss and a Court of Appeals to decide appeals from cases decided in the district courts within the circuit.

There are currently eleven numbered circuits, and one for the District of Columbia that decides appeals from the district court in Washington, D.C There is also a United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which decides appeals from the specialized trial courts in a few areas, including patents, international trade, and veterans' rights, but it does not have any geographical circuit.

The circuits and the states within their jurisdiction are:

1st Circuit (Boston) Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Puerto Rico Rhode Island 2nd Circuit (New York) Connecticut New York Vermont 3rd Circuit (Philadelphia) Delaware New Jersey Pennsylvania U.S. Virgin Islands 4th Circuit (Richmond) Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Virginia West Virginia

5th Circuit (New Orleans) Louisiana Mississippi Texas 6th Circuit (Cincinnati) Kentucky Michigan Ohio Tennessee 7th Circuit (Chicago) Illinois Indiana Wisconsin 8th Circuit (St. Louis) Arkansas Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota

9th Circuit (San Francisco) Alaska Arizona California Guam Hawaii Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Washington 10th Circuit (Denver) Colorado Kansas New Mexico Oklahoma Utah Wyoming 11th Circuit (Atlanta) Alabama Florida Georgia D.C. Circuit (Washington) District of Columbia

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