United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
(5th Cir.)
Location	John Minor Wisdom U.S. Court of Appeals Building (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Appeals from	Eastern District of Louisiana; Middle District of Louisiana; Western District of Louisiana; Northern District of Mississippi; Southern District of Mississippi; Eastern District of Texas; Northern District of Texas; Southern District of Texas; Western District of Texas;
Established	June 16, 1891
Judges	17
Circuit Justice	Samuel Alito
Chief Judge	Priscilla Richman
	www.ca5.uscourts.gov

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals. It has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts:

The Fifth Circuit has 17 active judgeships, and is headquartered at the John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the clerk's office located at the F. Edward Hebert Federal Building in New Orleans.^[1]

Originally, the Fifth Circuit also included the federal district courts in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. In 1981, the district courts for those states were transferred to the newly created U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.