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Appeals to
  
Ninth Circuit

Judges assigned
  
13

Established
  
June 20, 1910

Chief Judge
  
Raner C. Collins

United States District Court for the District of Arizona

The United States District Court for the District of Arizona (in case citations, D. Ariz.) is a federal court in the Ninth Circuit.

The District was established on June 20, 1910, pending Arizona statehood on February 14, 1912.

The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current Acting United States Attorney is Elizabeth A. Strange, who was appointed on January 21, 2017.

Organization of the court

The United States District Court for the District of Arizona is the sole federal judicial district in Arizona. Court for the District is held at Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Tucson, and Yuma. Magistrate courts, established to hear violations on federal lands, are additionally located in Grand Canyon National Park, Kingman, and Page.

Phoenix Division comprises the following counties: Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma.

Prescott Division comprises the following counties: Apache, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo, and Yavapai.

Tucson Division comprises the following counties: Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, and Santa Cruz.

References

United States District Court for the District of Arizona Wikipedia