United States federal judges

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judicial officeholder legal profession

United States federal judges are members of the national judiciary appointed under Article III and other federal statutes to interpret and apply U.S. law in federal courts.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
United States district judges	21
United States federal judges canonical	6
United States District Judge	3
United States district judge	2
Article III district judges	1
United States District Court judges	1
United States District Judges	1
United States District Judges for the District of Vermont	1
United States circuit judges	1
United States courts of appeals judges	1
United States district court judges	1
United States district judges for the Southern District of California	1
judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T714201 — 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 federal judges
Context triple: [Committee on Codes of Conduct, appliesTo, United States federal judges]

A. United States Magistrate Judges
United States Magistrate Judges are federal judicial officers who handle a range of pretrial matters, preliminary proceedings, and certain civil and misdemeanor cases to assist U.S. District Judges in managing the federal court docket.
B. federal judiciary of the United States
The federal judiciary of the United States is the national court system established under the U.S. Constitution, comprising the Supreme Court and lower federal courts that interpret and apply federal law across the country.
C. United States district courts
United States district courts are the federal trial courts where civil and criminal cases are initially heard and decided under U.S. federal law.
D. United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
E. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court are the non-chief members of the U.S. Supreme Court who, alongside the Chief Justice, hear and decide the Court’s cases.
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 federal judges
Target entity description: United States federal judges are members of the national judiciary appointed under Article III and other federal statutes to interpret and apply U.S. law in federal courts.

A. United States Magistrate Judges
United States Magistrate Judges are federal judicial officers who handle a range of pretrial matters, preliminary proceedings, and certain civil and misdemeanor cases to assist U.S. District Judges in managing the federal court docket.
B. federal judiciary of the United States
The federal judiciary of the United States is the national court system established under the U.S. Constitution, comprising the Supreme Court and lower federal courts that interpret and apply federal law across the country.
C. United States district courts
United States district courts are the federal trial courts where civil and criminal cases are initially heard and decided under U.S. federal law.
D. United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
E. Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court are the non-chief members of the U.S. Supreme Court who, alongside the Chief Justice, hear and decide the Court’s cases.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial officeholder ⓘ legal profession ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal courts ⓘ linked to: U.S. federal courts
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ linked to: Judicial branch of the United States government
canIssue	declaratory judgments ⓘ injunctions ⓘ writs such as habeas corpus ⓘ
confirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
duty	apply precedent established by higher federal courts ⓘ ensure due process of law in federal proceedings ⓘ
employer	United States government ⓘ
ethicalFramework	Code of Conduct for United States Judges ⓘ
governingBody	Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
hasSubclass	United States bankruptcy judges ⓘ linked to: United States bankruptcy courts United States courts of appeals judges ⓘ linked to: United States federal judges United States district judges ⓘ linked to: United States federal judges United States magistrate judges ⓘ linked to: United States Magistrate Judges judges of Article I legislative courts ⓘ judges of territorial courts ⓘ justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court justices
historicalStart	established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 for Article III courts ⓘ
jurisdiction	admiralty and maritime cases ⓘ cases arising under the Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States ⓘ cases involving the United States as a party ⓘ certain disputes between states or between a state and citizens of another state ⓘ diversity jurisdiction ⓘ federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ federal statutes of the United States ⓘ
oversight	Administrative Office of the United States Courts ⓘ
partOf	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
removalMethod	impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate ⓘ
role	adjudicate cases and controversies under federal jurisdiction ⓘ apply federal law ⓘ interpret federal law ⓘ review constitutionality of laws and government actions ⓘ
salaryProtection	compensation cannot be diminished during continuance in office for Article III judges ⓘ
selectionMethod	presidential nomination with Senate confirmation ⓘ
subclassOf	federal officeholders in the United States ⓘ judges ⓘ public officials of the United States ⓘ
termCharacteristic	life tenure for Article III judges ⓘ
termLength	during good Behaviour ⓘ
training	Federal Judicial Center programs ⓘ linked to: Federal Judicial Center
workLocation	federal courthouses ⓘ

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Referenced by (41)

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

Committee on Codes of Conduct → appliesTo → United States federal judges ⓘ

United States Magistrate Judge → assists → United States District Judge ⓘ

subject linked to: United States Magistrate Judges