The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary. The courts of appeals are divided into 13 "Circuits". Eleven of the circuits are numbered "First" through "Eleventh" and cover geographic areas of the United States and hear appeals from the U.S. district courts within their borders. The District of Columbia Circuit covers only Washington,DC. The Federal Circuit hears appeals from federal courts across the United States in cases involving certain specialized areas of law. The courts of appeals also hear appeals from some administrative agency decisions and rulemaking,with by far the largest share of these cases heard by the D.C. Circuit. Appeals from decisions of the courts of appeals can be taken to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
Juan Rafael Torruella del Valle Sr. was a Puerto Rican jurist. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1984 until his death,and as chief judge of that court from 1994 to 2001. He was the first Hispanic to serve on the First Circuit,which includes Puerto Rico.
James Burton Loken is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 1990.
Sidney Runyan Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit since 1996. He served as the Ninth Circuit's chief judge from 2014 to 2021. His chambers are located in Billings,Montana.
Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His chambers are located in Portland,Oregon.
Raymond Charles Clevenger III is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Morton Ira Greenberg was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 11,1987 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20,1987. He assumed senior status on June 30,2000.
Jacques Loeb Wiener Jr. is a Senior United States Federal Judge of the United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit in New Orleans,Louisiana.
Voting rights of United States citizens who live in Puerto Rico,like the voting rights of residents of other United States territories,differ from those of United States citizens in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have voting representation in the United States Congress,and are not entitled to electoral votes for president. The United States Constitution grants congressional voting representation to U.S. states,which Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are not,specifying that members of Congress shall be elected by direct popular vote and that the president and the vice president shall be elected by electors chosen by the states.
Stanley Marcus is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Diana Jane Gribbon Motz is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Gene Carter was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
Conrad Keefe Cyr was an American jurist who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1989 until his death. He was previously a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.
Gustavo Antonio GelpíJr. is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a former chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Susan Pia Graber is an American attorney and jurist. She is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A native of Oklahoma,she was the 90th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1990 to 1998. She served on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1988 to 1990.
Michael Stephen Kanne was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson,known commonly as O. Rogeriee Thompson,is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and a former Rhode Island Superior Court justice.
William Joseph Kayatta Jr. is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Peter Joseph Phipps is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
