§1824 Relations between courts of United States and courts of Northern Mariana Islands; applicability of statutory provisions

Summary

Northern Mariana Islands courts must follow the same rules as U.S. federal and state courts for appeals, removals, habeas petitions, and similar court actions, unless article IV of the covenant says otherwise. For the first fifteen years after the islands set up an appellate court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the circuit that includes the islands will hear appeals from the islands’ highest court in cases about the U.S. Constitution, treaties, federal laws, or federal authority, unless section 1823 lets the District Court handle them. Rules in title 28 that apply to Guam and its district court also apply to the Northern Mariana Islands and its district court, which is treated as a "district court" under section 3006A of title 18.