The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (in case citations, C.C.D.C.)
The court was created by the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801.
Congress established the Criminal Court of the District of Columbia on July 7, 1838, by 5 Stat.
319, provided that the chief judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia would preside in the absence of the Criminal Court judge.
35, The county of Alexandria in the District of Columbia was returned to the state of Virginia, and the division of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia seated in that county was abolished upon the formal approval of retrocession, occurred September 7, 1846.