United States District Courts

This article is about United States District Courts. For other uses of the term United States, please see United States (disambiguation).

The 94 United States District Courts are the first-level trial courts in the U.S. judicial system. Each state has at least one district court, with larger states having several districts. Each district court is individually administered under the direction of a designated chief judge. Direct supervision of the district courts is handled by the United States Courts of Appeals. The district courts were created under the authority of Article III of the U.S. Constitution