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==Jurisdiction==
==Jurisdiction==
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[[Image:District of Maryland.png|left|thumb|400px|The Counties of Maryland (click for larger map)]]
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[[Image:District of Maryland.png|left|thumb|400px|The Counties of Maryland (click for larger map)]]
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The jurisdiction of the District of Maryland consists of all the [[Maryland counties|counties]] in the state of [[Maryland]].
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The jurisdiction of the District of Maryland consists of all the [[Maryland counties|counties]] in the state of [[Maryland]].
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Under [http://straylight.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode28/usc_sec_28_00000100----000-.html 28 U.S.C. § 100], Maryland consists of a single federal judicial district with
two
statutory
divisions
.
The
Southern
Division
includes
[[
Sunshinereview:Calvert
County, Maryland|
Calvert
]], [[
Sunshinereview:Charles
County, Maryland|
Charles
]], [[
Sunshinereview:Montgomery
County, Maryland|
Montgomery
]], [[
Sunshinereview:Prince George's
County, Maryland|
Prince George's
]],
and
[[
Sunshinereview:St. Mary
's County, Maryland|
St. Mary
's]]
counties
and
sits in
[[
Sunshinereview:Greenbelt
, Maryland|
Greenbelt
]]
.
The
Northern
Division
includes the rest of the state and sits in
[[
Sunshinereview:Baltimore
, Maryland|
Baltimore
]],
although the statute also provides for the court to sit in
[[
Sunshinereview:Cumberland
, Maryland|
Cumberland
]]
and
[[
Sunshinereview:Denton
, Maryland|
Denton
]].
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There are
two
court
divisions
, each covering the following counties:
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The
'''Baltimore (Northern)
Division
''', covering
[[
Allegany
County, Maryland|
Allegany
]], [[
Anne Arundel
County, Maryland|
Anne Arundel
]], [[
Baltimore
County, Maryland|
Baltimore
]], [[
Baltimore City, Maryland|Balitmore City]], [[Caroline
County, Maryland|
Caroline
]], [[
Carroll County, Maryland|Carroll]], [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil]], [[Dorchester County, Maryland|Dorchester]], [[Frederick County, Maryland|Frederick]], [[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett]], [[Harford County, Maryland|Harford]], [[Howard County, Maryland|Howard]], [[Kent County, Maryland|Kent]], [[Queen Anne
's County, Maryland|
Queen Anne
's]]
, [[Somerset County, Maryland|Somerset]], [[Talbot County, Maryland|Talbot]], [[Washington County, Maryland|Washington]], [[Wicomico County, Maryland|Wicomico]]
and [[
Worcester County
, Maryland|
Worcester
]]
Counties
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The
'''Greenbelt (Southern)
Division
''', covering
[[
Calvert County
, Maryland|
Calvert
]], [[
Charles County
, Maryland|
Charles
]]
,
[[
Montgomery County
, Maryland|
Montgomery
]]
, [[Prince George's County, Maryland|Prince George's]] and [[St
.
Mary's County, Maryland|St. Mary's]] Counties
When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the [[Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals]] based in Downtown [[Sunshinereview:Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA]] at the Lewis F. Powell Federal Courthouse.
When decisions of the court are appealed, they are appealed to the [[Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals]] based in Downtown [[Sunshinereview:Richmond, Virginia|Richmond, VA]] at the Lewis F. Powell Federal Courthouse.
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===Cases heard===
===Cases heard===