United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Rhode Island.

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Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island canonical	11
U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434495 — 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: United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island]

A. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Massachusetts.
B. United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of New Hampshire.
C. United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in Puerto Rico.
D. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from federal district courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island.
E. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of North Carolina.
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: United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island is the federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Rhode Island.

A. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law in the state of Massachusetts.
B. United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
The United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of New Hampshire.
C. United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in Puerto Rico.
D. United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from federal district courts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Rhode Island.
E. United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of North Carolina.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	D.R.I. ⓘ
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ
appliesLaw	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ linked to: United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ United States Code ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
circuit	First Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
courtType	trial court ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governingBody	Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
handles	bankruptcy appeals from the District of Rhode Island ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	William E. Smith ⓘ
hasClerkOfCourt	Clerk of Court of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ
hasCourthouse	Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island) ⓘ John O. Pastore Federal Building ⓘ
hasDistrictJudges	United States district judges for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ
hasMagistrateJudges	United States magistrate judges for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ
hasTypeOfCase	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
hasUnitedStatesAttorney	Zachary A. Cunha ⓘ
hasUnitedStatesMarshal	Wing Chau ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.rid.uscourts.gov ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ linked to: United States bankruptcy courts
jurisdiction	civil cases arising under federal law ⓘ criminal cases arising under federal law ⓘ federal law ⓘ state of Rhode Island ⓘ linked to: Rhode Island
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ linked to: Providence
partOf	United States District Courts ⓘ linked to: United States district courts federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
seat	Providence, Rhode Island ⓘ linked to: Providence
stateServed	Rhode Island ⓘ
subjectMatter	admiralty jurisdiction ⓘ diversity jurisdiction ⓘ federal question jurisdiction ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit → reviewsCasesFrom → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

Daniel Donnelly et al. → caseHeardBy → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

John O. Pastore Federal Building → occupant → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island) → occupant → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

D.R.I. → fullName → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

D.R.I. → abbreviationFor → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

William E. Smith → employer → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

William E. Smith → court → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

Federal Building and Courthouse (Providence, Rhode Island) → houses → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

subject linked to: Federal Building and Courthouse

United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island → districtCourt → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

United States Marshal for the District of Rhode Island → hasJurisdictionOver → United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

Burnside Park → near → U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ⓘ

linked to: United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island

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