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Congress has divided the United States into a number of judicial circuits, each of which includes several District Courts 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 and territories within their jurisdiction, are:


1st Circuit ( Boston)

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2nd CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States District Courts: District of Connecticut Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York District of V ( New YorkSkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,)

3rd Circuit ( Philadelphia)

4th Circuit ( Richmond)

5th Circuit ( New Orleans)

6th Circuit ( Cincinnati)

7th Circuit ( Chicago)

8th Circuit ( St. Louis)

9th Circuit ( San Francisco)

10th Circuit ( Denver)

11th Circuit ( Atlanta)

D.C. Circuit ( Washington)




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