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Inferior Courts

• District Courts
• 677 judges that handles 350,000 per year (80% of the fed caseload)
• 94 court districts
• 12 judicial districts
• Secret Courts
• Multi-Judge panels to combat terrorism
• Decide if alien terrorists should be expelled from the country
• District Court Jurisdiction
• Dist. Courts do not hear courts within original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
• Dist. Courts hear both crim. and civil
• In crim. cases US is always the prosecutor
• Federal District court ruling is normally final
• Court of Appeals
• Created by Congress
• Ea. dist has a court of appeals (12) plus 1 for the fed circuit
• Each court has 6-28 judges and 1 supreme court justice
• normally 3 judge panels
• Court of International Trade
• A fed trial court only tries civil cases that arise out of nations customs and trade related laws
• 9 judges- chief justice appointed by the President and Senate