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United States District Courts are the trial level courts of the federal court system.  There is at least one federal judicial district in each state.

In some civil cases the plaintiff has a choice as to whether to bring the case in federal or state court.  In other instances the plaintiff does not have a choice.  For example, federal courts have “exclusive jurisdiction” over bankruptcy cases, meaning, all bankruptcy cases must go to federal court.

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