The Federal Court System

A court system is created to determine the innocent and the guilty when a conflict arises. In many cases it is convicting a criminal for a crime that has been committed. The system entitles everyone to a fair trial no matter what the case and in each trial it is the team that is prosecuting that most prove that if the accused is guilty. Not the accused having to prove their innocence. The victim in most cases looks to see that justice is served to the criminal. The accused looks to try and get another chance in life and to make the court believe that they can change. In the United States criminal justice system, there are two main court systems, the state and federal court system. Within these two systems, there are several levels of courts.
District Courts hear every type of federal case, whether it is a civil or criminal case. Each district can have more judges, and it covers either the whole state or a part of it. There are two groups of district court judges, "regular service" and "senior status." They have the same power and their jobs are secured for their entire lives (as stipulated under Article III Section I of the U.S. Constitution). The only difference is that senior judges, because they were on the bench for at least ten years they can take lighter caseloads and may choose what types of cases they hear. District Court judges are often assisted by Magistrate Judges. Magistrates are not judges that have their place secured. But, they are auxiliary officers (appointed under Article I of the Constitution) who handle certain kinds of tasks sent by District Judges. Magistrates can take pleas of "not guilty" in felony criminal charges; they also frequently handle discovery disputes, misdemeanor trials, settlement negotiations, and hearings to calculate damages. Their orders can be appealed to the District Judge who initially had the
Instead, parties have to wait for the case to be closed in the District Court, and afterwards raise all the appeals at a single time. Circuit Court Judges sit in random panels of three judges for each case, unlike District Court Judges, who sit alone for their cases. "Sitting by designation" is the process when, on occasion, the Chief Judge of a Circuit invites a District Court Judge or a judge from another circuit, to temporarily sit on a panel of 3 judges to hear one or more appeals. When sitting by designation, a District Court Judge may not review his own decisions that he made earlier. The decisions of the Circuit Court are connected to the district courts within that circuit. This develops the uniformity of law in each circuit, even though the circuits might disagree strongly on points of