 right|thumb|map of the united states district courts in virginia, showing the boundaries of the eastern and western districts, and their divisions. the united states district court for the western district of virginia (in case citations, w.d. va.) is a united states district court. appeals from the western district of virginia are taken to the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the u.s. government under the tucker act, which are appealed to the federal circuit). the court is seated at multiple locations in virginia: abingdon, big stone gap, charlottesville, danville, harrisonburg, lynchburg and roanoke. ==history== the united states district court for the district of virginia was one of the original 13 courts established by the judiciary act of 1789, 1 stat. 73, on september 24, 1789.asbury dickens, a synoptical index to the laws and treaties of the united states of america (1852), p. 388.u.s. district courts of virginia, legislative history, federal judicial center. on february 13, 1801, the judiciary act of 1801, 2 stat. 89, divided virginia into three judicial districts: the district of virginia, which included the counties west of the tidewater and south of the rappahannock river; the district of norfolk, which included the tidewater counties south of the rappahannock; and the district of potomac, which included the counties north and east of the rappahannock as well as maryland counties along the potomac. just over a year later, on march 8, 1802, the judiciary act of 1801 was repealed and virginia became a single district again, 2 stat. 132, effective july 1, 1802. the district of virginia was subdivided into eastern and western districts on february 4, 1819, by 3 stat. 478. at that time, west virginia was still part of virginia, and was encompassed in virginia's western district, while the eastern district essentially covered what is now the en
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