About California Northern District Court

California Northern District Court is based in San Francisco, with locations in Oakland and San Jose. The court has jurisdiction for the following fifteen (15) counties in the state of California:

California Northern District Court is part of the Ninth Circuit which encompasses the federal courts in Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Northern Marianas, Oregon, and Washington.

Court Locations

CM/ECF Information

California Northern District Court's CM/ECF version is NextGen CM/ECF Release 1.8 (Revision 1.8.2). The maximum file size for a PDF upload is fifty (50) megabytes. CM/ECF for California Northern District Court is available at:

The CM/ECF Helpdesk phone number for California Northern District Court is:

• 866-638-7829