Langley is in another Federal jurisdiction, the Eastern District of Virginia.

On December 4, 2011, Smith became Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.

The Eastern District of Virginia has handled many notable cases, including:

Lawyers referred to the Eastern District of Virginia, where he sat with two other federal judges, as the "rocket docket."

Dupont is currently bringing suit in the Eastern District of Virginia.

He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia from 1910 to 1913.

He has a close relationship to Gordon Kromberg, a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia.

From 1994 to 1999, he served as United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia.

That would allow prosecutors to try him in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia, regarded by lawyers as having a relatively conservative jury pool.

His re-trial began on March 26, 2007 in federal district court for the Eastern District of Virginia.