---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 2343"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "2343"
heading: "Venue"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/2343"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 158 — Orders of Federal Agencies; Review"
---

# §2343. Venue


The venue of a proceeding under this chapter is in the judicial circuit in which the [petitioner](/usc/28/2341.md?p=2) resides or has its principal office, or in the [United States](/usc/28/3002.md?p=15) [Court](/usc/28/3002.md?p=2) of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(e), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 622.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 1033. | Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 1189, § 3, 64 Stat. 1130. |

The section is reorganized for clarity and conciseness. The word “is” is substituted for “shall be”. The word “petitioner” is substituted for “party or any of the parties filing the petition for review” in view of the definition of “petitioner” in section 2341 of this title.