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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Current United States federal appellate court

Summary

Current United States federal appellate court

Field	Value
court_type	circuit
court_name	United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
abbreviation	4th Cir.
seal	Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.svg
seal_size	150
map_image_name	File:4th Circuit map.svg
courthouse	Lewis F. Powell Jr. U.S. Courthouse
location	Richmond, Virginia
appeals_from	District of Maryland
appeals_from1	Eastern District of North Carolina
appeals_from2	Middle District of North Carolina
appeals_from3	Western District of North Carolina
appeals_from4	District of South Carolina
appeals_from5	Eastern District of Virginia
appeals_from6	Western District of Virginia
appeals_from7	Northern District of West Virginia
appeals_from8	Southern District of West Virginia
appeals_to	Supreme Court of the United States
established	June 16, 1891
judges_assigned	15
circuit_justice	John Roberts
chief	Albert Diaz
official_site

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

District of Maryland
Eastern District of North Carolina
Middle District of North Carolina
Western District of North Carolina
District of South Carolina
Eastern District of Virginia
Western District of Virginia
Northern District of West Virginia
Southern District of West Virginia

The court is based at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia. With 15 authorized judgeships, it is the 4th largest circuit among the 13 United States Courts of Appeals. TOC

Current composition of the court

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Practice in the 4th Circuit

From 2000 to 2008, the Court had the highest rate of non-publication (92%) on the Federal Circuit.

The Chief Justice is always assigned to the Fourth Circuit as the circuit justice, due to Richmond's close proximity to Washington, D.C.

The Fourth Circuit is considered an extremely collegial court. By tradition, the judges of the Fourth Circuit come down from the bench following each oral argument to greet the lawyers.

Case law

Bliley v. West, 42 F.2d 101 (1930)
United States v. Snider, 502 F.2d 645 (1972)

Notes

References

"U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center.
"Fourth Circuit Judges". Official website of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Bond was appointed as a [[United States circuit court. circuit judge]] for the Fourth Circuit in 1870 by [[Ulysses S. Grant]]. The [[Judiciary Act of 1891]] reassigned his seat to what is now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Knapp did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated [[United States Commerce Court]] in 1910 by [[William Howard Taft]]. Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the [[Chief Justice of the United States]] to whichever circuit most needed help. Knapp was assigned to the Second Circuit upon his commission and then to the Fourth Circuit in 1916.
Recess appointment, confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] at a later date.
Aaron S. Bayer. (August 24, 2009). "Unpublished Appellate Opinions Are Still Commonplace". The National Law Journal.
Roberts, John G.. (2006). "What Makes the D.C. Circuit Different?: A Historical View". Virginia Law Review.
Sontag, Deborah. (2003-03-09). "The Power of the Fourth". The New York Times.

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