Which circuit's designated venue is the City & County of Honolulu?

• A. First circuit
• B. Second circuit
• C. Third circuit
• D. Fifth circuit

Answer: (A)

Venue determines the proper appellate forum for a case based on where the case (or the parties) is situated geographically. The circuit’s designated venue is the specific appellate region that the exam uses for that city or area. For this item, the City & County of Honolulu is assigned to the First Circuit in the test’s framework, so any appeals arising from that area would be heard within that circuit. The other circuits do not correspond to Honolulu under this mapping, which is why the First Circuit is the best choice. (Note: in actual federal practice, Hawaii is in the Ninth Circuit, but this question uses a particular exam mapping.)