United States District Court for the District of Columbia
| United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
|---|---|
| (D.D.C.) | |
Location of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | |
| Location | E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse (Washington, D.C., U.S.) |
| Appeals to | District of Columbia Circuit |
| Established | March 3, 1863 |
| Judges | 15 |
| Chief Judge | James Boasberg |
| Officers of the court | |
| U.S. Attorney | Jeanine Pirro (acting) |
| U.S. Marshal | Lamont Ruffin (acting) |
| www.dcd.uscourts.gov | |
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 U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit.
The acting United States attorney for the District of Columbia is Jeanine Pirro.