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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
(9th Cir.)
Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.svg
Location Headquarters:
James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California

Other Locations:
William K. Nakamura Courthouse, Seattle, Washington

Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon

Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals-Pasadena, California
Appeals from
Established March 3, 1891
Chief judge Sidney Runyan Thomas
Active judges 29
Senior judges 18
Circuit justice Anthony Kennedy
Official website

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is a U.S. Federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

It also has appellate jurisdiction over the following territorial courts:

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, the Ninth Circuit is by far the largest of the thirteen courts of appeals, with 29 active judgeships. The court's regular meeting places are Seattle at the William Kenzo Nakamura United States Courthouse, Portland at the Pioneer Courthouse, San Francisco at the James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, and Pasadena at the Richard H. Chambers U.S. Court of Appeals. Panels of the court occasionally travel to hear cases in other locations within the circuit. Although the judges travel around the circuit, the court arranges its hearings so that cases from the northern region of the circuit are heard in Seattle or Portland, cases from southern California are heard in Pasadena, and cases from northern California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii are heard in San Francisco. For lawyers who must come and present their cases to the court in person, this administrative grouping of cases helps to reduce the time and cost of travel.


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