Does a federal district court have original jurisdiction to hear a drug case brought by an appellant who pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing and distributing cocaine in violation of federal law?

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3231, federal district courts have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, over all offenses against the laws of the United States. The appellant pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), which is an offense against the United States. The district court therefore had jurisdiction over the offense to which the appellant pleaded guilty. See United States v. Sitton, 968 F.2d 947, 953 (9th Cir.1992), cert. denied sub nom. 113 S.Ct. 478 (1992).

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