United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

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United States district court federal trial court

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the southern region of Florida, including major cities such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida canonical	15
Southern District of Florida	10
United States district judges of the Southern District of Florida	1
court en banc of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T762620 — 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 Southern District of Florida
Context triple: [United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, reviewsCasesFrom, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida]

A. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the northern region of Florida, including both civil and criminal matters.
B. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in central Florida, including major cities such as Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville.
C. Second Judicial Circuit of Florida
The Second Judicial Circuit of Florida is a state trial court circuit that serves Leon County and several surrounding counties in the Florida Panhandle, handling a wide range of civil and criminal cases.
D. Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida
The Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida is a state trial court circuit that serves multiple counties in north-central Florida, handling a broad range of civil, criminal, family, and probate cases.
E. 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.
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 Southern District of Florida
Target entity description: The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the southern region of Florida, including major cities such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.

A. United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the northern region of Florida, including both civil and criminal matters.
B. United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in central Florida, including major cities such as Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville.
C. Second Judicial Circuit of Florida
The Second Judicial Circuit of Florida is a state trial court circuit that serves Leon County and several surrounding counties in the Florida Panhandle, handling a wide range of civil and criminal cases.
D. Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida
The Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida is a state trial court circuit that serves multiple counties in north-central Florida, handling a broad range of civil, criminal, family, and probate cases.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States district court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
abbreviation	S.D. Fla. ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	S.D. Florida ⓘ linked to: S.D. Fla.
appealsTo	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ⓘ
appliesLaw	United States Constitution ⓘ federal regulations ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ
belongsToCircuit	Eleventh Circuit ⓘ linked to: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ⓘ
hasClerk	Clerk of Court for the Southern District of Florida ⓘ
hasCourthouse	C. Clyde Atkins U.S. Courthouse ⓘ James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building ⓘ Paul G. Rogers Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse ⓘ U.S. Courthouse Fort Lauderdale ⓘ Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse ⓘ
hasDistrictJudges	United States district judges for the Southern District of Florida ⓘ
hasLevel	trial court ⓘ
hasMagistrateJudges	United States magistrate judges for the Southern District of Florida ⓘ
hasTypeOfJurisdiction	original jurisdiction ⓘ
hears	bankruptcy appeals ⓘ civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ federal question cases ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	federal cases arising in the Southern District of Florida ⓘ southern region of Florida ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Florida ⓘ Fort Lauderdale ⓘ Miami ⓘ Southern District of Florida ⓘ linked to: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida West Palm Beach ⓘ
partOf	United States federal court system ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
regionServed	Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Fort Lauderdale Miami metropolitan area ⓘ South Florida ⓘ West Palm Beach metropolitan area ⓘ
seat	Miami ⓘ
subjectMatterJurisdiction	United States government as a party ⓘ admiralty and maritime cases ⓘ bankruptcy-related matters ⓘ civil rights cases ⓘ federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ federal law ⓘ immigration-related federal cases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited