United States District Court for the Eastern District of California

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of California, including areas such as Sacramento and Fresno.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California canonical	15
Eastern District of California	13
E.D. Cal.	1
Eastern District of California Fresno Division (geographic assignment)	1
Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T587397 — 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 Eastern District of California
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, reviewsDecisionsOf, United States District Court for the Eastern District of California]

A. United States District Court for the Central District of California
The United States District Court for the Central District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over a large portion of Southern and Central California, including Los Angeles, and is one of the busiest and most influential district courts in the United States.
B. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of California, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
C. United States District Court for the Southern District of California
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of California, including San Diego and Imperial counties.
D. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a prominent federal trial court known for handling high-profile civil and criminal cases, particularly in finance, securities, and organized crime, centered in Manhattan and surrounding counties.
E. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in parts of New York City and Long Island.
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 Eastern District of California
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of California, including areas such as Sacramento and Fresno.

A. United States District Court for the Central District of California
The United States District Court for the Central District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over a large portion of Southern and Central California, including Los Angeles, and is one of the busiest and most influential district courts in the United States.
B. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
The United States District Court for the Northern District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of California, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley.
C. United States District Court for the Southern District of California
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of California, including San Diego and Imperial counties.
D. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York is a prominent federal trial court known for handling high-profile civil and criminal cases, particularly in finance, securities, and organized crime, centered in Manhattan and surrounding counties.
E. United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in parts of New York City and Long Island.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	E.D. Cal. ⓘ linked to: United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
appealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
courtType	Article III court ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ
employs	United States district judges ⓘ United States magistrate judges ⓘ linked to: United States Magistrate Judges court clerks ⓘ court reporters ⓘ
established	1966 ⓘ
formedBy	division of the former Southern District of California ⓘ
governingLaw	Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
handles	bankruptcy appeals ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question jurisdiction cases ⓘ habeas corpus petitions ⓘ prisoner civil rights cases ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Kimberly J. Mueller ⓘ
hasCourthouse	Fresno federal courthouse ⓘ Redding federal courthouse ⓘ Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse ⓘ Yosemite federal courthouse ⓘ
hasDivision	Fresno Division ⓘ Sacramento Division ⓘ
hasUnitedStatesAttorney	Phillip A. Talbert ⓘ
hasUnitedStatesMarshal	United States Marshals Service ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.caed.uscourts.gov ⓘ
jurisdiction	Eastern District of California ⓘ linked to: United States District Court for the Eastern District of California federal civil cases ⓘ federal criminal cases ⓘ federal law ⓘ
jurisdictionAreaIncludes	Bakersfield, California ⓘ linked to: Bakersfield Fresno, California ⓘ linked to: Fresno Redding, California ⓘ linked to: Redding Sacramento, California ⓘ linked to: Sacramento Yosemite National Park ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Ninth Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
primarySeat	Sacramento, California ⓘ linked to: Sacramento
uses	Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ linked to: United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ linked to: rules of evidence for the federal courts

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