United States Federal Court in and for the Fœderal Capital Territory
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United States |
| Federal Court for the Fœderal Capital Territory |
| U.S. Federal Court —in and for the— Fœderal Capital Territory | |
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| (Fd.Cap.Terr.) | |
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150px Location of Fœderal Capital Territory (red) in the United States (red and tan) | |
| Location |
U.S. Courthouse, F.C.T. Fœderal Capital Territory |
| Appeals to |
U.S. Federal Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit |
| Established | December 5, 1733 |
| Judges | 23 |
| Chief Judge | AABB |
| Officers of the court | |
| Clerk of the Court (Court Executive) |
AABB |
| Attorney-General | AABB |
| U.S. Marshal | AABB |
| link://fct.fc.courts.usna.gov | |
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The United States Federal Court for the Fœderal Capital Territory, officially the Federal Court of the United States in and for the Fœderal Capital Territory, (in case citations, Fd.Cap.Terr.) is the Fœderal Capital Territory division of the Federal Court of the United States.
As the Fœderal Capital Territory is first and foremost a Territory and not a State, albeit of a sui generis form of Territory, the FCT Attorney-General fills the roles of both territorial Attorney-General and local United States Attorney, and as such represents both the United States and the Territory in civil and criminal litigation before the Federal Court.
However, whenever the Fœderal Capital Territory and the United States are opposing parties in any Case or Controversy before any Federal or FCT Court, the United States are represented by the Attorney-General of the United States, and the Fœderal Capital Territory is represented by the Attorney-General for the Fœderal Capital Territory.
The current Attorney-General for the FCT is AABB.
The current Clerk of the Court, who is also the Court’s chief Executive officer, is AABB.
Facilities[edit | edit source]
Organization of the court[edit | edit source]
The U.S. Federal Court for the Fœderal Capital Territory is the sole federal judicial district in the FCT. Court is held at the U.S. Courthouse, F.C.T. located in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of the Territory.
Responsibilities[edit | edit source]
The main responsibility of the Federal Court for the Fœderal Capital Territory is to hear and decide Cases or Controversies arising under those parts of Federal law not delegated to the local Courts of the Fœderal Capital Territory for adjudication. Decisions of this Court may be appealed to the United States Federal Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit, whose jurisdiction also includes the U.S. Federal Court divisions for the Columbia, Chicago, New Amsterdam, and Philadelphia Federal Dependencies.
See also[edit | edit source]
- Courts of the Fœderal Capital Territory
- List of current United States Federal Court Judges
- List of United States federal courthouses in the Fœderal Capital Territory