Question

federal district courts
the federal court system is one, big court system for the entire united states. only certain types of cases can be heard in federal court. just like in state court systems, most federal cases start in a trial court.
federal trial courts are called district courts. why? because the federal court system is divided into districts! dividing it up keeps things organized by letting people know which district court they need to go to. (usually, you go to the court in the district where your problem happened.)
there are 94 districts. that means 94 district courts! a district is either an entire state (the district of wyoming) or part of a state (the northern district of georgia).
https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/federal-courts-public/court-website-links

1. scroll down on the page and find the table that shows u.s. district courts. how are the districts inside a state named?

1. is pennsylvania divided into districts, or is it one big district?

Explanation:

1. Based on the example given (Northern District of Georgia) and standard U.S. federal court naming conventions, districts within a single state are labeled with directional or regional terms (like Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, or sometimes Central) paired with "District of [State Name]".
2. Pennsylvania is divided into three federal judicial districts: the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Middle District of Pennsylvania, and Western District of Pennsylvania, so it is split into multiple districts, not one single district.

Answer:

1. Districts inside a state are named using directional/regional terms (such as Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Central) followed by "District of [State Name]".
2. Pennsylvania is divided into multiple districts (Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania).