US State Code:United States CodeTITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT
- Section 1
- Section 1. Number of justices; quorum
The Supreme Court of the United States shall consist of a Chief
Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six
of whom shall constitute a quorum.
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- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT
- Section 2
- Section 2. Terms of court
The Supreme Court shall hold at the seat of government a term of
court commencing on the first Monday in October of each year and
may hold such adjourned or special terms as may...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT
- Section 3
- Section 3. Vacancy in office of Chief Justice; disability
Whenever the Chief Justice is unable to perform the duties of his
office or the office is vacant, his powers and duties shall devolve
upon the associate justice next in precedence...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT
- Section 4
- Section 4. Precedence of associate justices
Associate justices shall have precedence according to the
seniority of their commissions. Justices whose commissions bear
the same date shall have precedence according to...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT
- Section 5
- Section 5. Salaries of justices
The Chief Justice and each associate justice shall each receive a
salary at annual rates determined under section 225 of the Federal
Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351-361), as...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 1 - SUPREME COURT
- Section 6
- Section 6. Records of former court of appeals
The records and proceedings of the court of appeals, appointed
previous to the adoption of the Constitution, shall be kept until
deposited with the National Archives of the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 41
- Section 41. Number and composition of circuits
The thirteen judicial circuits of the United States are
constituted as follows:
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- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 42
- Section 42. Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits
The Chief Justice of the United States and the associate justices
of the Supreme Court shall from time to time be allotted as circuit
justices among the circuits by order of...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 43
- Section 43. Creation and composition of courts
(a) There shall be in each circuit a court of appeals, which
shall be a court of record, known as the United States Court of
Appeals for the circuit.
(b) Each court of...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 44
- Section 44. Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges
(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, circuit judges for the several circuits as
follows:
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 45
- Section 45. Chief judges; precedence of judges
(a)(1) The chief judge of the circuit shall be the circuit judge
in regular active service who is senior in commission of those
judges who -
(A) are sixty-four years of age...
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 46
- Section 46. Assignment of judges; panels; hearings; quorum
(a) Circuit judges shall sit on the court and its panels in such
order and at such times as the court directs.
(b) In each circuit the court may authorize the hearing and
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 47
- Section 47. Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal
No judge shall hear or determine an appeal from the decision of a
case or issue tried by him.
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 48
- Section 48. Terms of court
(a) The courts of appeals shall hold regular sessions at the
places listed below, and at such other places within the respective
circuit as each court may designate by rule.
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 3 - COURTS OF APPEALS
- Section 49
- Section 49. Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent counsels
(a) Beginning with the two-year period commencing on the date of
the enactment of this section, three judges or justices shall be
assigned for each successive two-year period to...
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Alabama is divided into three judicial districts to be known as
the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Alaska constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan,
and Nome.
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Arizona constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, and Tucson.
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Arkansas is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a) The Eastern...
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- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
California is divided into four judicial districts to be known as
the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of
California.
NORTHERN...
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Colorado constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Boulder, Denver, Durango, Grand
Junction, Montrose, Pueblo, and Sterling.
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Connecticut constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, New
London, and Waterbury.
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Delaware constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Wilmington.
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- Section 88
- Section 88. District of Columbia
The District of Columbia constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Washington.
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Florida is divided into three judicial districts to be known as
the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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Georgia is divided into three judicial districts to be known as
the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Hawaii constitutes one judicial district which includes the
Midway Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Sand Island, Kingman
Reef, Palmyra Island, Baker Island, Howland...
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Idaho, exclusive of Yellowstone National Park, constitutes one
judicial district.
Court shall be held at Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Moscow, and
Pocatello.
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Illinois is divided into three judicial districts to be known as
the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of Illinois.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Indiana is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the
Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a) The...
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Iowa is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the
Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a) The Northern...
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Kansas constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth,
Salina, Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita, Dodge City, and Fort
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Kentucky is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a) The Eastern...
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Louisiana is divided into three judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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Maine constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Bangor and Portland.
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Maryland constitutes one judicial district comprising two
divisions.
(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Allegany,
Anne Arundel, Baltimore,...
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- Section 101
- Section 101. Massachusetts
Massachusetts constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Boston, New Bedford, Springfield, and
Worcester.
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Michigan is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a) The Eastern...
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- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Minnesota constitutes one judicial district comprising six
divisions.
(1) The First Division comprises the counties of Dodge,
Fillmore, Houston, Mower,...
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Mississippi is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the northern and southern districts of Mississippi.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a) The...
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Missouri is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a) The Eastern...
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Montana, exclusive of Yellowstone National Park, constitutes one
judicial district.
Court shall be held at Billings, Butte, Glasgow, Great Falls,
Havre,...
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Nebraska constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Lincoln, North Platte, and Omaha.
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Nevada constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Carson City, Elko, Las Vegas, Reno, Ely,
and Lovelock.
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- Section 109
- Section 109. New Hampshire
New Hampshire constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Concord and Littleton.
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New Jersey constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Camden, Newark and Trenton.
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New Mexico constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Las Vegas,
Roswell, Santa Fe, and Silver City.
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New York is divided into four judicial districts to be known as
the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
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- Section 113
- Section 113. North Carolina
North Carolina is divided into three judicial districts to be
known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North
Carolina.
EASTERN DISTRICT
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- Section 114
- Section 114. North Dakota
North Dakota constitutes one judicial district comprising four
divisions.
(1) The Southwestern Division comprises the counties of Adams,
Billings, Bowman,...
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Ohio is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the
Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a) The Northern...
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Oklahoma is divided into three judicial districts to be known as
the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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Oregon constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Coquille, Eugene or Springfield, Klamath
Falls, Medford, Pendleton, and Portland.
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- Section 118
- Section 118. Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is divided into three judicial districts to be known
as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania.
EASTERN DISTRICT
...
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Puerto Rico constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Mayaguez, Ponce, and San Juan.
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- Section 120
- Section 120. Rhode Island
Rhode Island constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Providence.
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
- Section 121
- Section 121. South Carolina
South Carolina constitutes one judicial district comprising
eleven divisions.
(1) The Charleston Division comprises the counties of Berkeley,
Charleston,...
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- Section 122
- Section 122. South Dakota
South Dakota constitutes one judicial district comprising four
divisions.
(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Brown,
Campbell, Clark,...
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Tennessee is divided into three judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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Texas is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the
Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Utah constitutes one judicial district comprising two divisions.
(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Box Elder,
Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, and Weber.
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Vermont constitutes one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington,
Montpelier, Rutland, Saint Johnsbury, and Windsor.
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Virginia is divided into two judicial districts, to be known as
the Eastern and Western districts of Virginia.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a) The...
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Washington is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a) The...
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- Section 129
- Section 129. West Virginia
West Virginia is divided into two judicial districts to be known
as the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.
NORTHERN DISTRICT
(a)...
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
Wisconsin is divided into two judicial districts to be known as
the Eastern and Western districts of Wisconsin.
EASTERN DISTRICT
(a) The...
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Wyoming and those portions of Yellowstone National Park situated
in Montana and Idaho constitute one judicial district.
Court shall be held at Casper, Cheyenne, Evanston,...
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
- Section 132
- Section 132. Creation and composition of district courts
(a) There shall be in each judicial district a district court
which shall be a court of record known as the United States
District Court for the district.
(b) Each...
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- Section 133
- Section 133. Appointment and number of district judges
(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial
districts, as follows:
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- Section 134
- Section 134. Tenure and residence of district judges
(a) The district judges shall hold office during good behavior.
(b) Each district judge, except in the District of Columbia, the
Southern District of New York, and the...
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
- Section 135
- Section 135. Salaries of district judges
Each judge of a district court of the United States shall receive
a salary at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the
Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351-361),...
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- Section 136
- Section 136. Chief judges; precedence of district judges
(a)(1) In any district having more than one district judge, the
chief judge of the district shall be the district judge in regular
active service who is senior in commission of...
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- Section 137
- Section 137. Division of business among district judges
The business of a court having more than one judge shall be
divided among the judges as provided by the rules and orders of the
court.
The chief judge of the district...
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- Section 138
- Section 138. Terms abolished
The district court shall not hold formal terms.
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- Section 139
- Section 139. Times for holding regular sessions
The times for commencing regular sessions of the district court
for transacting judicial business at the places fixed by this
chapter shall be determined by the rules or orders of...
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- CHAPTER 5 - DISTRICT COURTS
(a) Any district court may, by order made anywhere within its
district, adjourn or, with the consent of the judicial council of
the circuit, pretermit any regular session of...
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- Section 141
- Section 141. Special sessions; places; notice
Special sessions of the district court may be held at such places
in the district as the nature of the business may require, and upon
such notice as the court orders.
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- Section 142
- Section 142. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 115(c)(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32
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- Section 143
- Section 143. Vacant judgeship as affecting proceedings
When the office of a district judge becomes vacant, all pending
process, pleadings and proceedings shall, when necessary, be
continued by the clerk until a judge is appointed...
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- Section 144
- Section 144. Bias or prejudice of judge
Whenever a party to any proceeding in a district court makes and
files a timely and sufficient affidavit that the judge before whom
the matter is pending has a personal bias...
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- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
- Section 151
- Section 151. Designation of bankruptcy courts
In each judicial district, the bankruptcy judges in regular
active service shall constitute a unit of the district court to be
known as the bankruptcy court for that district....
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- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
- Section 152
- Section 152. Appointment of bankruptcy judges
(a)(1) The United States court of appeals for the circuit shall
appoint bankruptcy judges for the judicial districts established in
paragraph (2) in such numbers as are established...
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- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
- Section 153
- Section 153. Salaries; character of service
(a) Each bankruptcy judge shall serve on a full-time basis and
shall receive as full compensation for his services, a salary at an
annual rate that is equal to 92 percent of...
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- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
- Section 154
- Section 154. Division of businesses; chief judge
(a) Each bankruptcy court for a district having more than one
bankruptcy judge shall by majority vote promulgate rules for the
division of business among the bankruptcy judges to...
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- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
- Section 155
- Section 155. Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges
(a) A bankruptcy judge may be transferred to serve temporarily as
a bankruptcy judge in any judicial district other than the judicial
district for which such bankruptcy judge...
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- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
- Section 156
- Section 156. Staff; expenses
(a) Each bankruptcy judge may appoint a secretary, a law clerk,
and such additional assistants as the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts determines...
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- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
(a) Each district court may provide that any or all cases under
title 11 and any or all proceedings arising under title 11 or
arising in or related to a case under title 11 shall...
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- CHAPTER 6 - BANKRUPTCY JUDGES
(a) The district courts of the United States shall have
jurisdiction to hear appeals (FOOTNOTE 1)
(FOOTNOTE 1) So in original. Probably should be followed by a
dash.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 171
- Section 171. Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge
(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, sixteen judges who shall constitute a court
of record known as the United States Court of...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 172
- Section 172. Tenure and salaries of judges
(a) Each judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims shall
be appointed for a term of fifteen years.
(b) Each judge shall receive a salary at the rate of pay, and in
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 173
- Section 173. Times and places of holding court
The principal office of the United States Court of Federal Claims
shall be in the District of Columbia, but the Court of Federal
Claims may hold court at such times and in such...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 174
- Section 174. Assignment of judges; decisions
(a) The judicial power of the United States Court of Federal
Claims with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding, except
congressional reference cases, shall be exercised by...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 175
- Section 175. Official duty station; residence
(a) The official duty station of each judge of the United States
Court of Federal Claims is the District of Columbia.
(b) After appointment and while in active service, each judge
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 176
- Section 176. Removal from office
(a) Removal of a judge of the United States Court of Federal
Claims during the term for which he is appointed shall be only for
incompetency, misconduct, neglect of duty, engaging...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 177
- Section 177. Disbarment of removed judges
A judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims removed from
office in accordance with section 176 of this title shall not be
permitted at any time to practice before the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 178
- Section 178. Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims
(a) A judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims who
retires from office after attaining the age and meeting the service
requirements, whether continuously or otherwise,...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 179
- Section 179. Personnel application and insurance programs
(a) For purposes of construing and applying title 5, a judge of
the United States Court of Federal Claims shall be deemed to be an
''officer'' under section 2104(a) of such title.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 7 - UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
- Section 180
- Section 180. Repealed. Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 ((div. A), title VI, Sec. 654(b)(1)), Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-165
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 251
- Section 251. Appointment and number of judges; offices
(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, nine judges who shall constitute a court of
record to be known as the United States Court...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 252
- Section 252. Tenure and salaries of judges
Judges of the Court of International Trade shall hold office
during good behavior. Each shall receive a salary at an annual
rate determined under section 225 of the Federal...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 253
- Section 253. Duties of chief judge
(a) The chief judge of the Court of International Trade, with the
approval of the court, shall supervise the fiscal affairs and
clerical force of the court; (FOOTNOTE 1)
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 254
- Section 254. Single-judge trials
Except as otherwise provided in section 255 of this title, the
judicial power of the Court of International Trade with respect to
any action, suit or proceeding shall be exercised...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 255
- Section 255. Three-judge trials
(a) Upon application of any party to a civil action, or upon his
own initiative, the chief judge of the Court of International Trade
shall designate any three judges of the court...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 256
- Section 256. Trials at ports other than New York
(a) The chief judge may designate any judge or judges of the
court to proceed, together with necessary assistants, to any port
or to any place within the jurisdiction of the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 257
- Section 257. Publication of decisions
All decisions of the Court of International Trade shall be
preserved and open to inspection. The court shall forward copies
of each decision to the Secretary of the Treasury or...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 11 - COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
- Section 258
- Section 258. Chief judges; precedence of judges
(a)(1) The chief judge of the Court of International Trade shall
be the judge of the court in regular active service who is senior
in commission of those judges who -
(A)...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 291
- Section 291. Circuit judges
(a) The Chief Justice of the United States may, in the public
interest, designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act
as circuit judge in another circuit upon request...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 292
- Section 292. District judges
(a) The chief judge of a circuit may designate and assign one or
more district judges within the circuit to sit upon the court of
appeals or a division thereof whenever the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 293
- Section 293. Judges of the Court of International Trade
(a) (FOOTNOTE 1) The Chief Justice of the United States may
designate and assign temporarily any judge of the Court of
International Trade to perform judicial duties in any circuit,
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 294
- Section 294. Assignment of retired Justices or judges to active duty
(a) Any retired Chief Justice of the United States or Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court may be designated and assigned by the
Chief Justice of the United States to perform...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 295
- Section 295. Conditions upon designation and assignment
No designation and assignment of a circuit or district judge in
active service shall be made without the consent of the chief judge
or judicial council of the circuit from which...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 296
- Section 296. Powers upon designation and assignment
A justice or judge shall discharge, during the period of his
designation and assignment, all judicial duties for which he is
designated and assigned. He may be required to...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 13 - ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO OTHER COURTS
- Section 297
- Section 297. Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states
(a) The Chief Justice or the chief judge of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may assign any circuit or
district judge of the Ninth Circuit, with the consent...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 15 - CONFERENCES AND COUNCILS OF JUDGES
- Section 331
- Section 331. Judicial Conference of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States shall summon annually the
chief judge of each judicial circuit, the chief judge of the Court
of International Trade, and a district judge...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 15 - CONFERENCES AND COUNCILS OF JUDGES
- Section 332
- Section 332. Judicial councils of circuits
(a)(1) The chief judge of each judicial circuit shall call, at
least twice in each year and at such places as he or she may
designate, a meeting of the judicial council of...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 15 - CONFERENCES AND COUNCILS OF JUDGES
- Section 333
- Section 333. Judicial conferences of circuits
The chief judge of each circuit may summon biennially, and may
summon annually, the circuit, district, and bankruptcy judges of
the circuit, in active service, to a conference at...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 15 - CONFERENCES AND COUNCILS OF JUDGES
- Section 334
- Section 334. Institutes and joint councils on sentencing
(a) In the interest of uniformity in sentencing procedures, there
is hereby authorized to be established under the auspices of the
Judicial Conference of the United States,...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 15 - CONFERENCES AND COUNCILS OF JUDGES
- Section 335
- Section 335. Judicial Conference of the Court of International Trade
(a) The chief judge of the Court of International Trade is
authorized to summon annually the judges of such court to a
judicial conference, at a time and place that such chief judge
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 371
- Section 371. Retirement on salary; retirement in senior status
(a) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold
office during good behavior may retire from the office after
attaining the age and meeting the service...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 372
- Section 372. Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire; judicial discipline
(a) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed to hold
office during good behavior who becomes permanently disabled from
performing his duties may retire from regular...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 373
- Section 373. Judges in territories and possessions
(a) Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the District Court
of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the District Court of the
Virgin Islands who retires from office after...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 374
- Section 374. Residence of retired judges; official station
Retired judges of the United States are not subject to
restrictions as to residence. The place where a retired judge
maintains the actual abode in which he customarily lives...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 375
- Section 375. Recall of certain judges and magistrate judges
(a)(1) A bankruptcy judge or a United States magistrate judge
appointed under chapter 43 of this title, who has retired under the
provisions of section 377 of this title or under...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 376
- Section 376. Annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States
(a) For the purposes of this section -
(1) ''judicial official'' means:
(A) a Justice or judge of the United States, as defined by
section 451 of this title;
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 17 - RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES
- Section 377
- Section 377. Retirement of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges
(a) Retirement Based on Years of Service. - A bankruptcy judge or
magistrate judge to whom this section applies and who retires from
office after attaining the age of 65 years...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 19 - DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS
- Section 411
- Section 411. Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution
(a) The decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States shall
be printed, bound, and distributed in the preliminary prints and
bound volumes of the United States Reports as...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 19 - DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS
- Section 412
- Section 412. Sale of Supreme Court reports
The Public Printer, or other printer designated by the Supreme
Court of the United States shall print such additional bound
volumes and preliminary prints of such reports as may...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 19 - DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS
- Section 413
- Section 413. Publications; distribution to courts
Distribution of publications to Federal courts in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter shall not be made to any place where
such court is held in a building not owned...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 19 - DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS
- Section 414
- Section 414. Transmittal of books to successors
All government publications and law books furnished to justices,
judges, clerks of courts, and United States attorneys of the United
States and its territories and possessions,...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 19 - DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS
- Section 415
- Section 415. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 113, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 29
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
As used in this title:
The term ''court of the United States'' includes the Supreme
Court of the United States, courts of appeals, district courts
constituted by chapter 5...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 452
- Section 452. Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions
All courts of the United States shall be deemed always open for
the purpose of filing proper papers, issuing and returning process,
and making motions and orders.
The...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 453
- Section 453. Oaths of justices and judges
Each justice or judge of the United States shall take the
following oath or affirmation before performing the duties of his
office: ''I, _ _ _ _ _ _, do solemnly swear (or...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 454
- Section 454. Practice of law by justices and judges
Any justice or judge appointed under the authority of the United
States who engages in the practice of law is guilty of a high
misdemeanor.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 455
- Section 455. Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge
(a) Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States
shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his
impartiality might reasonably be questioned.
(b)...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 456
- Section 456. Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations
(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall pay each justice or judge of the United States,
and each retired justice or judge recalled...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 457
- Section 457. Records; obsolete papers
The records of district courts and of courts of appeals shall be
kept at one or more of the places where court is held. Such places
shall be designated by the respective...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 458
- Section 458. Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment
(a)(1) No person shall be appointed to or employed in any office
or duty in any court who is related by affinity or consanguinity
within the degree of first cousin to any justice...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 459
- Section 459. Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
Each justice or judge of the United States may administer oaths
and affirmations and take acknowledgments.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 460
- Section 460. Application to other courts
(a) Sections 452 through 459 and section 462 of this chapter
shall also apply to the United States Court of Federal Claims, to
each court created by Act of Congress in a...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 461
- Section 461. Adjustments in certain salaries
(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), effective at the beginning of
the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first
day of the month in which an adjustment takes...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 462
- Section 462. Court accommodations
(a) Sessions of courts of the United States (except the Supreme
Court) shall be held only at places where the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 21 - GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
- Section 463
- Section 463. Expenses of litigation
Whenever a Chief Justice, justice, judge, officer, or employee of
any United States court is sued in his official capacity, or is
otherwise required to defend acts taken or...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 471
- Section 471. Requirement for a district court civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
There shall be implemented by each United States district court,
in accordance with this chapter, a civil justice expense and delay
reduction plan. The plan may be a plan...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 472
- Section 472. Development and implementation of a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
(a) The civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
implemented by a district court shall be developed or selected, as
the case may be, after consideration of the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 473
- Section 473. Content of civil justice expense and delay reduction plans
(a) In formulating the provisions of its civil justice expense
and delay reduction plan, each United States district court, in
consultation with an advisory group appointed...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 474
- Section 474. Review of district court action
(a)(1) The chief judge of each district court in a circuit and
the chief judge of the circuit shall, as a committee -
(A) review each plan and report submitted pursuant...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 475
- Section 475. Periodic district court assessment
After developing or selecting a civil justice expense and delay
reduction plan, each United States district court shall assess
annually the condition of the court's civil and...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 476
- Section 476. Enhancement of judicial information dissemination
(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall prepare a semiannual report, available to the
public, that discloses for each judicial officer -
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 477
- Section 477. Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
(a)(1) Based on the plans developed and implemented by the United
States district courts designated as Early Implementation District
Courts pursuant to section 103(c) of the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 478
- Section 478. Advisory groups
(a) Within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this
chapter, the advisory group required in each United States district
court in accordance with section 472 of this...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 479
- Section 479. Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction
(a) Within four years after the date of the enactment of this
chapter, the Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare
a comprehensive report on all plans received...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 480
- Section 480. Training programs
The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall develop
and conduct comprehensive education and...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
- Section 481
- Section 481. Automated case information
(a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall ensure that each United States district court
has the automated capability readily to...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
- CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
As used in this chapter, the term ''judicial officer'' means a
United States district court judge or a United States magistrate
judge.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 501
- Section 501. Executive department
The Department of Justice is an executive department of the
United States at the seat of Government.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
The Attorney General shall have a seal for the Department of
Justice. The design of the seal is subject to the approval of the
President.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 503
- Section 503. Attorney General
The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, an Attorney General of the United States. The
Attorney General is the head of the Department...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 504
- Section 504. Deputy Attorney General
The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, a Deputy Attorney General.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 504a
- Section 504a. Associate Attorney General
The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, an Associate Attorney General.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 505
- Section 505. Solicitor General
The President shall appoint in the Department of Justice, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Solicitor General,
learned in the law, to assist the Attorney General...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 506
- Section 506. Assistant Attorneys General
The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, ten Assistant Attorneys General, who shall assist
the Attorney General in the performance of...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 507
- Section 507. Assistant Attorney General for Administration
(a) The Attorney General shall appoint, with the approval of the
President, an Assistant Attorney General for Administration, who
shall perform such duties as the Attorney General...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
(a) In case of a vacancy in the office of Attorney General, or of
his absence or disability, the Deputy Attorney General may exercise
all the duties of that office, and for...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 509
- Section 509. Functions of the Attorney General
All functions of other officers of the Department of Justice and
all functions of agencies and employees of the Department of
Justice are vested in the Attorney General except...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 510
- Section 510. Delegation of authority
The Attorney General may from time to time make such provisions
as he considers appropriate authorizing the performance by any
other officer, employee, or agency of the Department...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 511
- Section 511. Attorney General to advise the President
The Attorney General shall give his advice and opinion on
questions of law when required by the President.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 512
- Section 512. Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments
The head of an executive department may require the opinion of
the Attorney General on questions of law arising in the
administration of his department.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 513
- Section 513. Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments
When a question of law arises in the administration of the
Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the
Department of the Air Force, the cognizance of which is...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 514
- Section 514. Legal services on pending claims in departments and agencies
When the head of an executive department or agency is of the
opinion that the interests of the United States require the service
of counsel on the examination of any...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 515
- Section 515. Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys
(a) The Attorney General or any other officer of the Department
of Justice, or any attorney specially appointed by the Attorney
General under law, may, when specifically directed...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 516
- Section 516. Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justice
Except as otherwise authorized by law, the conduct of litigation
in which the United States, an agency, or officer thereof is a
party, or is interested, and securing...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 517
- Section 517. Interests of United States in pending suits
The Solicitor General, or any officer of the Department of
Justice, may be sent by the Attorney General to any State or
district in the United States to attend to the interests...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 518
- Section 518. Conduct and argument of cases
(a) Except when the Attorney General in a particular case directs
otherwise, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General shall
conduct and argue suits and appeals in the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 519
- Section 519. Supervision of litigation
Except as otherwise authorized by law, the Attorney General shall
supervise all litigation to which the United States, an agency, or
officer thereof is a party, and shall direct...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 520
- Section 520. Transmission of petitions in United States Court of Federal Claims or in United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; statement furnished by departments
(a) In suits against the United States in the United States Court
of Federal Claims or in the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit founded on a contract,...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 521
- Section 521. Publication and distribution of opinions
The Attorney General, from time to time -
(1) shall cause to be edited, and printed in the Government
Printing Office, such of his opinions as he considers valuable
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 522
- Section 522. Report of business and statistics
The Attorney General, by April 1 of each year, shall report to
Congress on the business of the Department of Justice for the last
preceding fiscal year, and on any other...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 523
- Section 523. Requisitions
The Attorney General shall sign all requisitions for the advance
or payment of moneys appropriated for the Department of Justice,
out of the Treasury, subject to the same control...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 524
- Section 524. Availability of appropriations
(a) Appropriations for the Department of Justice are available
for payment of -
(1) notarial fees, including such additional stenographic
services as are required...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 525
- Section 525. Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange
In the procurement of law books, reference books, and
periodicals, the Attorney General may exchange or sell similar
items and apply the exchange allowances or proceeds of such...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 526
- Section 526. Authority of Attorney General to investigate United States attorneys, marshals, and trustees, clerks of court, and others
(a) The Attorney General may investigate the official acts,
records, and accounts of -
(1) the United States attorneys, marshals,, (FOOTNOTE 1)
trustees, including...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 527
- Section 527. Establishment of working capital fund
There is hereby authorized to be established a working capital
fund for the Department of Justice, which shall be available,
without fiscal year limitation, for expenses...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 528
- Section 528. Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice
The Attorney General shall promulgate rules and regulations which
require the disqualification of any officer or employee of the
Department of Justice, including a United...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 529
- Section 529. Annual report of Attorney General
Beginning on June 1, 1979, and at the beginning of each regular
session of Congress thereafter, the Attorney General shall report
to Congress on the activities and operations of...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 530
- Section 530. Payment of travel and transportation expenses of newly appointed special agents
The Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee is
authorized to pay the travel expenses of newly appointed special
agents and the transportation expenses of their...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 530A
- Section 530A. Authorization of appropriations for travel and related expenses and for health care of personnel serving abroad
There are authorized to be appropriated, for any fiscal year, for
the Department of Justice, such sums as may be necessary -
(1) for travel and related expenses of employees...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 31 - THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
- Section 530B
- Section 530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government
(a) An attorney for the Government shall be subject to State laws
and rules, and local Federal court rules, governing attorneys in
each State where such attorney engages in...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 531
- Section 531. Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the Department of
Justice.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 532
- Section 532. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Attorney General may appoint a Director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. The Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation is the head of the Federal Bureau...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 533
- Section 533. Investigative and other officials; appointment
The Attorney General may appoint officials -
(1) to detect and prosecute crimes against the United States;
(2) to assist in the protection of the person of the President;
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 534
- Section 534. Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials
(a) The Attorney General shall -
(1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification,
criminal identification, crime, and other records;
(2) acquire,...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 535
- Section 535. Investigation of crimes involving Government officers and employees; limitations
(a) The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
may investigate any violation of title 18 involving Government
officers and employees -
(1)...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 536
- Section 536. Positions in excepted service
All positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation are excepted
from the competitive service, and the incumbents of such positions
occupy positions in the excepted service.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 537
- Section 537. Expenses of unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character
Appropriations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation are
available for expenses of unforeseen emergencies of a confidential
character, when so specified in the...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 538
- Section 538. Investigation of aircraft piracy and related violations
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall investigate any
violation of section 46314 or chapter 465 of title 49.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 539
- Section 539. Counterintelligence official reception and representation expenses
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may use funds
available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
counterintelligence programs to pay the expenses of...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 540
- Section 540. Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers
The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may
investigate felonious killings of officials and employees of a
State or political subdivision thereof while engaged...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 540A
- Section 540A. Investigation of violent crimes against travelers
(a) In General. - At the request of an appropriate law
enforcement official of a State or political subdivision, the
Attorney General and Director of the Federal Bureau of
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 33 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Section 540B
- Section 540B. Investigation of serial killings
(a) In General. - The Attorney General and the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation may investigate serial killings in
violation of the laws of a State or...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
- Section 541
- Section 541. United States attorneys
(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, a United States attorney for each judicial
district.
(b) Each United States attorney shall...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
- Section 542
- Section 542. Assistant United States attorneys
(a) The Attorney General may appoint one or more assistant United
States attorneys in any district when the public interest so
requires.
(b) Each assistant United...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
- Section 543
- Section 543. Special attorneys
(a) The Attorney General may appoint attorneys to assist United
States attorneys when the public interest so requires.
(b) Each attorney appointed under this section is subject to
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
- Section 544
- Section 544. Oath of office
Each United States attorney, assistant United States attorney,
and attorney appointed under section 543 of this title, before
taking office, shall take an oath to execute...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
(a) Each United States attorney shall reside in the district for
which he is appointed, except that these officers of the District
of Columbia, the Southern District of New York,...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Attorney General
may appoint a United States attorney for the district in which the
office of United States attorney is vacant.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
Except as otherwise provided by law, each United States attorney,
within his district, shall -
(1) prosecute for all offenses against the United States;
(2) prosecute...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
Subject to sections 5315 through 5317 of title 5, the Attorney
General shall fix the annual salaries of United States attorneys,
assistant United States attorneys, and...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
Necessary office expenses of United States attorneys shall be
allowed when authorized by the Attorney General.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 35 - UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
- Section 550
- Section 550. Clerical assistants, messengers, and private process servers
The United States attorneys may employ clerical assistants,
messengers, and private process servers on approval of the Attorney
General.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 561
- Section 561. United States Marshals Service
(a) There is hereby established a United States Marshals Service
as a bureau within the Department of Justice under the authority
and direction of the Attorney General. There shall...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
(a) In the case of a vacancy in the office of a United States
marshal, the Attorney General may designate a person to perform the
functions of and act as marshal, except that...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 563
- Section 563. Oath of office
The Director and each United States marshal and law enforcement
officer of the Service, before taking office, shall take an oath or
affirmation to faithfully execute the duties...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 564
- Section 564. Powers as sheriff
United States marshals, deputy marshals and such other officials
of the Service as may be designated by the Director, in executing
the laws of the United States within a State,...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 565
- Section 565. Expenses of the Service
The Director is authorized to use funds appropriated for the
Service to make payments for expenses incurred pursuant to personal
services contracts and cooperative...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 566
- Section 566. Powers and duties
(a) It is the primary role and mission of the United States
Marshals Service to provide for the security and to obey, execute,
and enforce all orders of the United States...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 567
- Section 567. Collection of fees; accounting
(a) Each United States marshal shall collect, as far as possible,
his lawful fees and account for the same as public moneys.
(b) The marshal's accounts of fees and costs paid to...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 568
- Section 568. Practice of law prohibited
A United States marshal or deputy marshal may not practice law in
any court of the United States.
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 569
- Section 569. Reemployment rights
(a) A United States marshal for a judicial district who was
appointed from a position in the competitive service (as defined in
section 2102 of title 5) in the United States...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 570, 571
- Section 570, 571. Repealed. Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7608(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4512
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 572
- Section 572. Renumbered Sec. 567
...
- United States Code
- TITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
- PART II - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- CHAPTER 37 - UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE
- Section 572a to 574
- Section 572a to 574. Repealed. Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7608(a)(2)(A), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514
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