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The District Court of Guam [1] (in case citations, D. Guam) is a United States territorial court with jurisdiction over the United States territory of Guam. It sits in the capital, Hagåtña . Appeals of the court's decisions are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .
The current chief judge of the U.S. District Court of Guam is The Hon. Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, the first female Chamorro federal judge for the United States. Other former district judges include: The Hon. Paul D. Shriver (1946–1956, first chief judge of the District Court of Guam; 1961–1970)
The Supreme Court of Guam is the highest judicial body of the United States territory of Guam.The Court hears all appeals from the Superior Court of Guam and exercises original jurisdiction only in cases where a certified question is submitted to it by a U.S. federal court, the Governor of Guam, or the Guam Legislature.
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Guam's Point Udall is the westernmost point of the U.S., as measured from the geographic center of the United States. [36] [37] The Mariana chain, of which Guam is a part, was created by collision of the Pacific and Philippine Sea tectonic plates. Guam is located on the micro Mariana Plate between the two.
Although the Territory of Guam and the CNMI are separate political entities and federal judicial districts, since 1978 the law has authorized the appointment of one United States attorney to serve both. [3] This situation is unique within the entire United States. The U.S. attorney maintains offices in Hagåtña, Guam and in Gualo Rai, Saipan.