A party trying to confirm or vacate an arbitration award will often have to turn to state, not federal, courts to do so. Welcome to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.The Eastern District has 30 Article III Judges and 16 Magistrate Judges. Section 3 of the FAA provides that the court "shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had. Introduction. The Commercial Division handles complicated commercial cases as part of the Supreme Court of New York State. See Rules for filing guidelines. The Court also has repeatedly found preempted state laws that attempt to limit the Federal Arbitration Act's ("FAA") objectives. Jun 17 2016 Blog Post. Bonaccorso, Note, State Court Resistance to Federal Arbitration Law, 67. Before King, Smith, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.