Regional Federal Courts
The Regional Federal Courts (in Portuguese, Tribunais Regionais Federais, commonly called TRFs) are the appellate courts of Brazil's federal court system. There are currently five Regional Federal Courts, one to each geographically defined Federal Justice region. They are composed primarily by career judges, promoted alternatively between seniority and merit. The Brazilian constitution mandates that a fifth of the members should be lawyers and public prosecutors, chosen in an alternate manner.
Federal Justice regions
Brazilian Federal Justice is divided nationally into five geographically defined regions, each served by an appellate court:
- Regional Federal Court of the 1st Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 1a Região (TRF1)
- Seated in Brasília, Federal District, this appellate court covers the states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Goiás, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Pará, Piauí, Rondônia, Roraima and Tocantins, as well as the Brazilian Federal District.
- Regional Federal Court of the 2nd Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 2a Região (TRF2)
- Seated in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, this appellate court covers the states of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro.
- Regional Federal Court of the 3rd Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 3a Região (TRF3)
- Seated in São Paulo, São Paulo, this appellate court covers the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and São Paulo.
- Regional Federal Court of the 4th Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 4a Região (TRF4)
- Seated in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, this appellate court covers the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina.
- Regional Federal Court of the 5th Region — Tribunal Regional Federal da 5a Região (TRF5)
- Seated in Recife, Pernambuco, this appellate court covers the states of Alagoas, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.
See also
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