United States District Court for the District of Hawaii

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United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
(D. Haw.)
LocationPrince Kuhio Federal Building
(Honolulu)
Appeals toNinth Circuit
EstablishedAugust 21, 1959
Judges4
Chief JudgeDerrick Watson
Officers of the court
U.S. AttorneyClare E. Connors
U.S. MarshalWilliam Jessup (acting)
www.hid.uscourts.gov

The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii (in case citations, D. Haw.) is the principal trial court of the United States Federal Court System in the state of Hawaii. The court's territorial jurisdiction encompasses the state of Hawaii and the territories of Midway Atoll, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Atoll, Baker Island, Howland Island, and Jarvis Island;[1][2] it also occasionally handles (jointly with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the High Court of American Samoa) federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court.[3] It is located at the Prince Kuhio Federal Building in downtown Honolulu, fronting the Aloha Tower and Honolulu Harbor. The court hears both civil and criminal cases as a court of law and equity. A branch of the district court is the United States Bankruptcy Court which also has chambers in the federal building. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over cases coming out of the District of Hawaii (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii represents the United States in all civil and criminal cases within her district.

As of January 3, 2022, the United States attorney is Clare E. Connors.[4]

  1. ^ 28 U.S.C. § 91.
  2. ^ 48 U.S.C. § 644a.
  3. ^ https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-1124T GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office. AMERICAN SAMOA: Issues Associated with Some Federal Court Options. September 18, 2008. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Clare E. Connors Sworn in as United States Attorney" (Press release). Honolulu, Hawaii: U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Hawaii. January 3, 2022.