US State Code:United States CodeTITLE 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE


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. ...


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...


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...


Associate justices shall have precedence according to the seniority of their commissions. Justices whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to...


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...


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...


The thirteen judicial circuits of the United States are constituted as follows: ...


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...


(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...


(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, circuit judges for the several circuits as follows: ...


(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...


(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 ...


No judge shall hear or determine an appeal from the decision of a case or issue tried by him. ...


(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. ...


(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...


Alabama is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a)...


Alaska constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Nome. ...


Arizona constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Globe, Phoenix, Prescott, and Tucson. ...


Arkansas is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. EASTERN DISTRICT (a) The Eastern...


California is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California. NORTHERN...


Colorado constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Boulder, Denver, Durango, Grand Junction, Montrose, Pueblo, and Sterling. ...


Connecticut constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, New London, and Waterbury. ...


Delaware constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Wilmington. ...


The District of Columbia constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Washington. ...


Florida is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a)...


Georgia is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a)...


Hawaii constitutes one judicial district which includes the Midway Islands, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Sand Island, Kingman Reef, Palmyra Island, Baker Island, Howland...


Idaho, exclusive of Yellowstone National Park, constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Boise, Coeur d'Alene, Moscow, and Pocatello. ...


Illinois is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of Illinois. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a)...


Indiana is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a) The...


Iowa is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a) The Northern...


Kansas constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Salina, Topeka, Hutchinson, Wichita, Dodge City, and Fort ...


Kentucky is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. EASTERN DISTRICT (a) The Eastern...


Louisiana is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana. EASTERN DISTRICT (a)...


Maine constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Bangor and Portland. ...


Maryland constitutes one judicial district comprising two divisions. (1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore,...


Massachusetts constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Boston, New Bedford, Springfield, and Worcester. ...


Michigan is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan. EASTERN DISTRICT (a) The Eastern...


Minnesota constitutes one judicial district comprising six divisions. (1) The First Division comprises the counties of Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower,...


Mississippi is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the northern and southern districts of Mississippi. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a) The...


Missouri is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri. EASTERN DISTRICT (a) The Eastern...


Montana, exclusive of Yellowstone National Park, constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Billings, Butte, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre,...


Nebraska constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Lincoln, North Platte, and Omaha. ...


Nevada constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Carson City, Elko, Las Vegas, Reno, Ely, and Lovelock. ...


New Hampshire constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Concord and Littleton. ...


New Jersey constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Camden, Newark and Trenton. ...


New Mexico constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Roswell, Santa Fe, and Silver City. ...


New York is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York. NORTHERN DISTRICT ...


North Carolina is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina. EASTERN DISTRICT ...


North Dakota constitutes one judicial district comprising four divisions. (1) The Southwestern Division comprises the counties of Adams, Billings, Bowman,...


Ohio is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a) The Northern...


Oklahoma is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a)...


Oregon constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Coquille, Eugene or Springfield, Klamath Falls, Medford, Pendleton, and Portland. ...


Pennsylvania is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. EASTERN DISTRICT ...


Puerto Rico constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Mayaguez, Ponce, and San Juan. ...


Rhode Island constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Providence. ...


South Carolina constitutes one judicial district comprising eleven divisions. (1) The Charleston Division comprises the counties of Berkeley, Charleston,...


South Dakota constitutes one judicial district comprising four divisions. (1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Brown, Campbell, Clark,...


Tennessee is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee. EASTERN DISTRICT (a)...


Texas is divided into four judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a)...


Utah constitutes one judicial district comprising two divisions. (1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, and Weber. ...


Vermont constitutes one judicial district. Court shall be held at Bennington, Brattleboro, Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland, Saint Johnsbury, and Windsor. ...


Virginia is divided into two judicial districts, to be known as the Eastern and Western districts of Virginia. EASTERN DISTRICT (a) The...


Washington is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington. EASTERN DISTRICT (a) The...


West Virginia is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. NORTHERN DISTRICT (a)...


Wisconsin is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Eastern and Western districts of Wisconsin. EASTERN DISTRICT (a) The...


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,...


(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...


(a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, district judges for the several judicial districts, as follows: ...


(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...


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),...


(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...


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...


The district court shall not hold formal terms. ...


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...


(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...


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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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...


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...


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....


(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...


(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...


(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...


(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...


(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...


(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...


(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. ...


(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...


(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 ...


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...


(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...


(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 ...


(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...


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...


(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,...


(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. ...


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(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...


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...


(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) ...


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...


(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...


(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...


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...


(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)...


(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...


(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...


(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, ...


(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...


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...


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...


(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...


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...


(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...


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...


(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,...


(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 ...


(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...


(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...


(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...


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...


(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...


(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; ...


(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...


(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...


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...


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...


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,...


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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...


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...


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...


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. ...


(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)...


(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...


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...


(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...


Each justice or judge of the United States may administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments. ...


(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...


(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...


(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...


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...


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...


(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...


(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...


(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...


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...


(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 - ...


(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...


(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...


(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...


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...


(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...


As used in this chapter, the term ''judicial officer'' means a United States district court judge or a United States magistrate judge. ...


The Department of Justice is an executive department of the United States at the seat of Government. ...


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. ...


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...


The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Deputy Attorney General. ...


The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Associate Attorney 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...


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...


(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...


(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...


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...


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...


The Attorney General shall give his advice and opinion on questions of law when required by the President. ...


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. ...


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...


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...


(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...


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...


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...


(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...


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...


(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,...


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 ...


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...


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...


(a) Appropriations for the Department of Justice are available for payment of - (1) notarial fees, including such additional stenographic services as are required...


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...


(a) The Attorney General may investigate the official acts, records, and accounts of - (1) the United States attorneys, marshals,, (FOOTNOTE 1) trustees, including...


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...


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...


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...


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...


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...


(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...


The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the Department of Justice. ...


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...


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; ...


(a) The Attorney General shall - (1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve identification, criminal identification, crime, and other records; (2) acquire,...


(a) The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may investigate any violation of title 18 involving Government officers and employees - (1)...


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. ...


Appropriations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation are available for expenses of unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, when so specified in the...


The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall investigate any violation of section 46314 or chapter 465 of title 49. ...


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...


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...


(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 ...


(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...


(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...


(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...


(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 ...


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...


(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,...


(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. ...


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...


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...


Necessary office expenses of United States attorneys shall be allowed when authorized by the Attorney General. ...


The United States attorneys may employ clerical assistants, messengers, and private process servers on approval of the Attorney General. ...


(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...


(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...


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 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,...


The Director is authorized to use funds appropriated for the Service to make payments for expenses incurred pursuant to personal services contracts and cooperative...


(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...


(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...


A United States marshal or deputy marshal may not practice law in any court of the United States. ...


(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...


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