Courts & rulings
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Article III courtAppellate courtAppointed
Hears appeals from the federal district courts within the Ninth Circuit.
Appointed, President nominates, Senate confirms.
Covers
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, plus Guam, Northern Mariana Islands.
District courts in this circuit (15)
District of AlaskaDistrict of ArizonaNorthern District of CaliforniaEastern District of CaliforniaCentral District of CaliforniaSouthern District of CaliforniaDistrict of HawaiiDistrict of IdahoDistrict of MontanaDistrict of NevadaDistrict of OregonEastern District of WashingtonWestern District of WashingtonDistrict of GuamNorthern Mariana Islands
Precedent & authority
Binding on the district courts within this circuit. In other circuits its decisions are only persuasive, a sister circuit may consider them but is not required to follow.
District of AlaskaDistrict of ArizonaNorthern District of CaliforniaEastern District of CaliforniaCentral District of CaliforniaSouthern District of CaliforniaDistrict of HawaiiDistrict of IdahoDistrict of MontanaDistrict of NevadaDistrict of OregonEastern District of WashingtonWestern District of WashingtonDistrict of GuamNorthern Mariana Islands
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