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28 U.S.C. § 91 — Hawaii
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Hawaii constitutes one judicial district which includes the Midway Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Sand Island, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Island, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Canton Island, and Enderbury Island: Provided, That the inclusion of Canton and Enderbury Islands in such judicial district shall in no way be construed to be prejudicial to the claims of the United Kingdom to said Islands in accordance with the agreement of April 6, 1939, between the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom to set up a regime for their use in common.
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Hawaii constitutes one judicial district which includes the Midway Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Sand Island, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Island, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Canton Island, and Enderbury Island: Provided, That the inclusion of Canton and Enderbury Islands in such judicial district shall in no way be construed to be prejudicial to the claims of the United Kingdom to said Islands in accordance with the agreement of April 6, 1939, between the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom to set up a regime for their use in common.
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The jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii is extended to all civil and criminal cases arising on or within the Midway Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Sand Island, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Island, Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, and, having regard to the special status of Canton and Enderbury Islands pursuant to an agreement of April 6, 1939, between the Governments of the United States and of the United Kingdom to set up a regime for their use in common, the said jurisdiction is also extended to all civil and criminal cases arising on or within Canton Island and Enderbury Island: Provided, That such extension to Canton and Enderbury Islands shall in no way be construed to be prejudicial to the claims of the United Kingdom to said islands in accordance with the agreement. All civil acts and deeds consummated and taking place on any of these islands or in the waters adjacent thereto, and all offenses and crimes committed thereon, or on or in the waters adjacent thereto, shall be deemed to have been consummated or committed on the high seas on board a merchant vessel or other vessel belonging to the United States and shall be adjudicated and determined or adjudged and punished according to the laws of the United States relating to such civil acts or offenses on such ships or vessels on the high seas, which laws for the purpose aforesaid are extended over such islands, rocks, and keys.
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**(a)** The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction—
(1) of an appeal from a final decision of a district court of the United States, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, or the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, in any civil action arising under, or in any civil action in which a party has asserted a compulsory counterclaim arising under, any Act of Congress relating to patents or plant variety protection;
(2) of an appeal from a final decision of a district court of the United States, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, or the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, if the jurisdiction of that court was based, in whole or in part, on [section 1346 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section1346&num=0&edition=prelim), except that jurisdiction of an appeal in a case brought in a district court under section 1346(a)(1), 1346(b), 1346(e), or 1346(f) of this title or under section 1346(a)(2) when the claim is founded upon an Act of Congress or a regulation of an executive department providing for internal revenue shall be governed by sections 1291, 1292, and 1294 of this title;
(3) of an appeal from a final decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims;
(4) of an appeal from a decision of—
(A) the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office with respect to a patent application, derivation proceeding, reexamination, post-grant review, or inter partes review under title 35, at the instance of a party who exercised that party’s right to participate in the applicable proceeding
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Except as provided in sections 1292(c), 1292(d), and 1295 of this title, appeals from reviewable decisions of the district and territorial courts shall be taken to the courts of appeals as follows:
(1) From a district court of the United States to the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the district;
(2) From the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit;
(3) From the District Court of the Virgin Islands, to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit;
(4) From the District Court of Guam, to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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**(a)** Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the District Court of the Virgin Islands who retires from office after attaining the age and meeting the service requirements whether continuous or otherwise, of subsection (b) shall, during the remainder of his lifetime, receive an annuity equal to the salary he is receiving at the time he retires.
**(b)** The age and service requirements for retirement under subsection (a) of this section are as follows: Attained age:Years of service: 6515 6614 6713 6812 6911 7010
**(c)**
(1) Any judge or former judge who is receiving an annuity pursuant to this section may elect to become a senior judge of the court upon which he served before retiring.
(2) The chief judge of a judicial circuit may recall any such senior judge, with the judge’s consent, to perform, for the court from which he retired, such judicial duties for such periods of time as the chief judge may specify.
(3) Any act or failure to act by a senior judge performing judicial duties pursuant to recall under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall have the same force and effect as if it were an act or failure to act of a judge on active duty; but such senior judge shall not be counted as a judge of the court on which he is serving as a recalled annuitant for purposes of the number of judgeships authorized for that court.
(4) Any senior judge performing judicial duties pursuant to recall under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be paid, while performing such duties, the same compensation (in lieu of the annuity payable under subsection (a) of this section) and the same allowances for travel and other expenses as a judge on active duty with the court being served.
(5) Any senior judge performing judicial d
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### Statutory Notes
Section 641, acts Apr. 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 86(a), (d), 31 Stat. 158; Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 269, § 1, 35 Stat. 838; July 9, 1921, ch. 42, § 313, 42 Stat. 119; Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 220, 43 Stat. 890; Dec. 13, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 919; July 31, 1946, ch. 704, § 1, 60 Stat. 716, related to district court, sessions, powers, terms. See section 81 et seq. of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.
Section 642, acts Apr. 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 86(c), 31 Stat. 158; Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 269, § 1, 35 Stat. 838; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 167; July 9, 1921, ch. 42, § 313, 42 Stat. 119; Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 220, 43 Stat. 890, related to jurisdiction of district court and authority of officers. See sections 81 et seq., 451 et seq., 501 et seq., 531 et seq., and 1331 et seq. of Title 28.
Section 642a, acts Aug. 13, 1940, ch. 662, 54 Stat. 784; Apr. 29, 1948, ch. 241, § 1, 62 Stat. 204, related to jurisdiction of cases arising on Midway, Wake, Johnston, etc., Islands. See [section 91 of Title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section91&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 643, acts Apr. 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 86, 31 Stat. 158; Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 269, § 1, 35 Stat. 838; July 9, 1921, ch. 42, § 313, 42 Stat. 119; Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 220, 43 Stat. 890, related to appointment and term of office of judges, district attorney, and marshal. See sections 133, 134, 501, 504, and 541 of Title 28.
Section 644, acts Apr. 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 86, 31 Stat. 158; Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 269, § 1, 35 Stat. 838; Mar. 4, 1921, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1412; July 9, 1921, ch. 42, § 313, 42 Stat. 119; June 1, 1922, ch. 204, title II, 42 Stat. 614, 616; Jan. 3, 1923, ch. 21, title II, 42 Stat. 1084; Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 220, 43 Stat. 890, related to appoi
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### Statutory Notes
Section, acts Apr. 30, 1900, ch. 339, § 86, 31 Stat. 158; Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 269, § 1, 35 Stat. 838; Mar. 11, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 167; Mar. 4, 1920, ch. 161, § 1, 41 Stat. 1412; July 9, 1921, ch. 42, § 313, 42 Stat. 119; June 1, 1922, ch. 204, title II, 42 Stat. 614, 616; Jan. 3, 1923, ch. 21, title II, 42 Stat. 1084; Feb. 12, 1925, ch. 220, 43 Stat. 890; Dec. 13, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 919; Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, § 1, 45 Stat. 54; July 31, 1946, ch. 704, § 1, 60 Stat. 716; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §§ 8, 39, 62 Stat. 986, 992, related to removal of causes and appeal. See [section 91 of Title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section91&num=0&edition=prelim), Judiciary and Judicial Procedure and notes thereunder.
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**(a) Authority in Attorney General** The sole authority to naturalize persons as citizens of the United States is conferred upon the Attorney General.
**(b) Court authority to administer oaths**
(1) **Jurisdiction** — Subject to [section 1448(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448/c&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(A) *General jurisdiction* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each applicant for naturalization may choose to have the oath of allegiance under [section 1448(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448/a&num=0&edition=prelim) administered by the Attorney General or by an eligible court described in paragraph (5). Each such eligible court shall have authority to administer such oath of allegiance to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court.
(B) *Exclusive authority* — An eligible court described in paragraph (5) that wishes to have exclusive authority to administer the oath of allegiance under [section 1448(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1448/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to persons residing within the jurisdiction of the court during the period described in paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall notify the Attorney General of such wish and, subject to this subsection, shall have such exclusive authority with respect to such persons during such period.
(2) **Information**
(A) *General information* — In the case of a court exercising authority under paragraph (1), in accordance with procedures established by the Attorney General—
(i) the applicant for naturalization shall notify the Attorney General of the intent to be naturalized before the court, and
(ii) the Attorney Gener
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 91
Since the latest amendment of section 150 of title 28,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., the former counties of Campbell and
Milton were merged with Fulton County in the Atlanta
Division of the Northern District.
Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1986—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 99–657, § 3(1), substituted
‘‘Jefferson, Lincoln’’ for ‘‘Lincoln’’.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 99–657, § 3(2), substituted ‘‘and
Liberty’’ for ‘‘Evans, Liberty, Screven, and Tattnall’’.
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 99–657, § 3(3), substituted
‘‘Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall’’ for ‘‘Jefferson,
Jenkins’’.
1984—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98–620, § 408(a), added
Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens to the counties com-
prising the Gainesville Division of the Northern Dis-
trict.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98–620, § 408(b), struck out
Fannin, Gilmer, and Pickens from the counties com-
prising the Atlanta Division of the Northern District.
Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 98–620, § 408(c), substituted
‘‘Statesboro’’ for ‘‘Swainsboro’’ in three places.
1951—Subsec. (c)(6). Act Oct. 31, 1951, struck out
‘‘Washington,’’.
1949—Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 16, 1949, created a
Swainsboro division and provided for holding court
there.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1986 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–657 effective 90 days after
Nov. 14, 1986, and not to affect any action commenced
before and pending on such effective date, or to affect
the composition, or preclude the service, of any grand
or petit jury summoned, empaneled, or actually serving
on such date, see section 4 of Pub. L. 99–657, set out as
a note under section 121 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 408
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