United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
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A United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit is a federal appellate judge serving on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears high-profile cases often involving federal government actions and regulations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12902399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Context triple: [Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, officeHolderMustAlsoBe, United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit]
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the presiding judicial officer of one of the nation’s most influential federal appellate courts, often regarded as second in importance only to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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B.
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the chief administrative officer responsible for managing the court’s docket, records, and case processing operations.
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Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the presiding administrative and judicial officer of the nation’s largest federal appellate court, overseeing its caseload management, internal governance, and en banc proceedings.
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D.
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
The Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a semi-retired federal appellate judge who continues to hear cases on a reduced basis within the Tenth Circuit, which covers several western and midwestern states.
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E.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a federal appellate court widely regarded as one of the most influential in the country, particularly in cases involving federal agencies and constitutional law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Target entity description: A United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit is a federal appellate judge serving on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears high-profile cases often involving federal government actions and regulations.
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A.
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the presiding judicial officer of one of the nation’s most influential federal appellate courts, often regarded as second in importance only to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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B.
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the chief administrative officer responsible for managing the court’s docket, records, and case processing operations.
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C.
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
The Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the presiding administrative and judicial officer of the nation’s largest federal appellate court, overseeing its caseload management, internal governance, and en banc proceedings.
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D.
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
The Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a semi-retired federal appellate judge who continues to hear cases on a reduced basis within the Tenth Circuit, which covers several western and midwestern states.
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E.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a federal appellate court widely regarded as one of the most influential in the country, particularly in cases involving federal agencies and constitutional law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Article III judgeship
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federal judgeship ⓘ judicial position ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
District of Columbia
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District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| branchOfGovernment | judicial branch of the United States ⓘ |
| canBeRemovedBy | impeachment by the United States Congress ⓘ |
| category |
Judges of the United States courts of appeals
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United States federal judges ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | United States Senate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| court | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| courtType | Article III federal appellate court ⓘ |
| decisionReviewableBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasPower |
to interpret federal statutes
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to interpret the United States Constitution ⓘ to review decisions of federal agencies ⓘ |
| hearsCasesFrom |
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
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federal administrative agencies ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
28 U.S.C. § 41
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28 U.S.C. § 44 ⓘ Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| levelOfCourt | federal appellate court ⓘ |
| mayBecome | senior United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-profile cases involving the federal government
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influence on federal administrative law ⓘ pipeline to the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| oathRequired | oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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United States courts of appeals ⓘ United States federal judiciary ⓘ
linked to:
federal judiciary of the United States
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| positionInHierarchy |
above United States district judge
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below Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| requires |
Senate advice and consent
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law degree ⓘ legal experience ⓘ presidential nomination ⓘ |
| seatLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | federal appointment ⓘ |
| termLength | life tenure during good behaviour ⓘ |
| typicalCases |
administrative procedure cases
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cases involving federal government actions ⓘ challenges to federal regulations ⓘ federal administrative law cases ⓘ national security cases ⓘ separation of powers disputes ⓘ |
| workLocation | E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit Description of subject: A United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit is a federal appellate judge serving on the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears high-profile cases often involving federal government actions and regulations.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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officeHolderMustAlsoBe
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United States circuit judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
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