| Court Type: | circuit |
| Court Name: | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Abbreviation: | 4th Cir. |
| Seal: | Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.svg |
| Seal Size: | 150 |
| Map Image Name: | File:4th Circuit map.svg |
| Courthouse: | Lewis F. Powell Jr. U.S. Courthouse |
| Location: | Richmond, Virginia |
| Appeals From: | District of Maryland |
| Appeals From1: | Eastern District of North Carolina |
| Appeals From2: | Middle District of North Carolina |
| Appeals From3: | Western District of North Carolina |
| Appeals From4: | District of South Carolina |
| Appeals From5: | Eastern District of Virginia |
| Appeals From6: | Western District of Virginia |
| Appeals From7: | Northern District of West Virginia |
| Appeals From8: | Southern District of West Virginia |
| Appeals To: | Supreme Court of the United States |
| Established: | June 16, 1891 |
| Judges Assigned: | 15 |
| Circuit Justice: | John Roberts |
| Chief: | Albert Diaz |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
The court is based at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia. With 15 authorized judgeships, it is mid-sized among the 13 United States Courts of Appeals.__TOC__
From 2000 to 2008, the Court had the highest rate of non-publication (92%) on the Federal Circuit.
The Chief Justice is always assigned to the Fourth Circuit as the circuit justice, due to Richmond's close proximity to Washington, D.C.
The Fourth Circuit is considered an extremely collegial court. By tradition, the judges of the Fourth Circuit come down from the bench following each oral argument to greet the lawyers.[4] [5]