White-Collar Federal Defense Reference by State

Every state is divided into federal judicial districts set by statute and assigned to one of the judicial circuits. Compare all 50 states’ district structure, court locations, and circuit assignment.

Federal judicial districts are established by 28 U.S.C. §§ 81–131, and the composition of the circuits by 28 U.S.C. § 41. The white-collar fraud statutes — mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341), wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343), and bank fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1344) — apply in every federal district.

Select a state below for its district structure, statutory court locations, circuit assignment, and primary-source citations.

Single judicial district
Multiple judicial districts
Alabama AL
3 districtsEleventh Circuit
Alaska AK
1 districtNinth Circuit
Arizona AZ
1 districtNinth Circuit
Arkansas AR
2 districtsEighth Circuit
California CA
4 districtsNinth Circuit
Colorado CO
1 districtTenth Circuit
Connecticut CT
1 districtSecond Circuit
Delaware DE
1 districtThird Circuit
Florida FL
3 districtsEleventh Circuit
Georgia GA
3 districtsEleventh Circuit
Hawaii HI
1 districtNinth Circuit
Idaho ID
1 districtNinth Circuit
Illinois IL
3 districtsSeventh Circuit
Indiana IN
2 districtsSeventh Circuit
Iowa IA
2 districtsEighth Circuit
Kansas KS
1 districtTenth Circuit
Kentucky KY
2 districtsSixth Circuit
Louisiana LA
3 districtsFifth Circuit
Maine ME
1 districtFirst Circuit
Maryland MD
1 districtFourth Circuit
Massachusetts MA
1 districtFirst Circuit
Michigan MI
2 districtsSixth Circuit
Minnesota MN
1 districtEighth Circuit
Mississippi MS
2 districtsFifth Circuit
Missouri MO
2 districtsEighth Circuit
Montana MT
1 districtNinth Circuit
Nebraska NE
1 districtEighth Circuit
Nevada NV
1 districtNinth Circuit
New Hampshire NH
1 districtFirst Circuit
New Jersey NJ
1 districtThird Circuit
New Mexico NM
1 districtTenth Circuit
New York NY
4 districtsSecond Circuit
North Carolina NC
3 districtsFourth Circuit
North Dakota ND
1 districtEighth Circuit
Ohio OH
2 districtsSixth Circuit
Oklahoma OK
3 districtsTenth Circuit
Oregon OR
1 districtNinth Circuit
Pennsylvania PA
3 districtsThird Circuit
Rhode Island RI
1 districtFirst Circuit
South Carolina SC
1 districtFourth Circuit
South Dakota SD
1 districtEighth Circuit
Tennessee TN
3 districtsSixth Circuit
Texas TX
4 districtsFifth Circuit
Utah UT
1 districtTenth Circuit
Vermont VT
1 districtSecond Circuit
Virginia VA
2 districtsFourth Circuit
Washington WA
2 districtsNinth Circuit
West Virginia WV
2 districtsFourth Circuit
Wisconsin WI
2 districtsSeventh Circuit
Wyoming WY
1 districtTenth Circuit

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