Central District of Illinois

E404079

United States district court federal trial court

The Central District of Illinois is a federal judicial district in Illinois that handles U.S. district court cases arising from the central portion of the state.

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Label	Occurrences
Central District of Illinois canonical	8

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3987792 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central District of Illinois
Context triple: [United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, jurisdiction, Central District of Illinois]

A. Northeastern Illinois
Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
B. DeKalb County, Illinois
DeKalb County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in northern Illinois known for its agricultural heritage and as the home of Northern Illinois University in the city of DeKalb.
C. eastern Cook County, Illinois
Eastern Cook County, Illinois is the urban-industrial portion of Cook County that forms part of the greater Calumet Region along the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
D. LaSalle County, Illinois
LaSalle County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in north-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and historical sites dating back to early 19th-century settlement.
E. Douglas County, Illinois
Douglas County, Illinois is a small, predominantly rural county in east-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape and small communities such as Tuscola, its county seat.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central District of Illinois
Target entity description: The Central District of Illinois is a federal judicial district in Illinois that handles U.S. district court cases arising from the central portion of the state.

A. Northeastern Illinois
Northeastern Illinois is a metropolitan region of Illinois that includes the Chicago area and its surrounding counties, serving as a major hub for transportation, commerce, and culture in the Midwest.
B. DeKalb County, Illinois
DeKalb County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in northern Illinois known for its agricultural heritage and as the home of Northern Illinois University in the city of DeKalb.
C. eastern Cook County, Illinois
Eastern Cook County, Illinois is the urban-industrial portion of Cook County that forms part of the greater Calumet Region along the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
D. LaSalle County, Illinois
LaSalle County, Illinois is a predominantly rural county in north-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape, small towns, and historical sites dating back to early 19th-century settlement.
E. Douglas County, Illinois
Douglas County, Illinois is a small, predominantly rural county in east-central Illinois known for its agricultural landscape and small communities such as Tuscola, its county seat.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	C.D. Ill. ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ
appliesLaw	United States Constitution ⓘ federal regulations ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
courtType	trial court of general federal jurisdiction ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
handles	federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ
hasCourthouseIn	Peoria, Illinois ⓘ linked to: Peoria, Illinois, United States Rock Island, Illinois ⓘ Springfield, Illinois ⓘ Urbana, Illinois ⓘ linked to: Urbana, Illinois, United States
hasLevel	district court level ⓘ
hasSubjectMatterJurisdictionOver	cases involving the United States government ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question cases ⓘ
hearsCasesFrom	federal agencies ⓘ residents of central Illinois ⓘ
jurisdiction	central Illinois ⓘ linked to: Central Illinois
locatedIn	Illinois ⓘ
partOf	Seventh Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
seatType	federal courthouse ⓘ
shortName	Central District of Illinois ⓘ
uses	bench trials ⓘ jury trials ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois → jurisdiction → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois → shortName → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

subject linked to: Central District of Illinois

Urbana courthouse → jurisdiction → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

Springfield courthouse → jurisdiction → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

Rock Island courthouse → appliesJurisdiction → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of Illinois → jurisdiction → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

C.D. Ill. → jurisdiction → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and Seventh Circuit (overlapping federal judicial context) → SeventhCircuitJurisdictionIncludes → Central District of Illinois ⓘ

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