US Code
Title 28— JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

§ 363. Court of Federal Claims, Court of International Trade, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - The United States Court of Federal Claims, the Court of...

§ 364. Effect of felony conviction - (1) The judge shall not hear or decide cases unless...

CHAPTER 17— RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES

§ 371. Retirement on salary; retirement in senior status - (a) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed...

§ 372. Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire - (a) Any justice or judge of the United States appointed...

§ 373. Judges in territories and possessions - (a) Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the...

§ 374. Residence of retired judges; official station - Retired judges of the United States are not subject to...

§ 375. Recall of certain judges and magistrate judges - (a)(1) A bankruptcy judge or a United States magistrate judge...

§ 376. Annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States - (a) For the purposes of this section—(1) “judicial official” means:(A)...

§ 377. Retirement of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges - (a) Retirement Based on Years of Service.—A bankruptcy judge or...

CHAPTER 19— DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS AND DIGESTS

§ 411. Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution - (a) The decisions of the Supreme Court of the United...

§ 412. Sale of Supreme Court reports - The Director of the Government Publishing Office, or other printer...

§ 413. Publications; distribution to courts - Distribution of publications to Federal courts in accordance with the...

§ 414. Transmittal of books to successors - All government publications and law books furnished to justices, judges,...

[§ 415. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 21— GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES

§ 451. Definitions - As used in this title:The term “court of the United...

§ 452. Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions - All courts of the United States shall be deemed always...

§ 453. Oaths of justices and judges - Each justice or judge of the United States shall take...

§ 454. Practice of law by justices and judges - Any justice or judge appointed under the authority of the...

§ 455. Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge - (a) Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United...

§ 456. Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations - (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United...

§ 457. Records; obsolete papers - The records of district courts and of courts of appeals...

§ 458. Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment - (a)(1) No person shall be appointed to or employed in...

§ 459. Administration of oaths and acknowledgments - Each justice or judge of the United States may administer...

§ 460. Application to other courts - (a) Sections 452 through 459 and section 462 of this...

§ 461. Adjustments in certain salaries - (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), effective at the beginning of...

§ 462. Court accommodations - (a) Sessions of courts of the United States (except the...

§ 463. Expenses of litigation - Whenever a Chief Justice, justice, judge, officer, or employee of...

CHAPTER 23— CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS

§ 471. Requirement for a district court civil justice expense and delay reduction plan - There shall be implemented by each United States district court,...

§ 472. Development and implementation of a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan - (a) The civil justice expense and delay reduction plan implemented...

§ 473. Content of civil justice expense and delay reduction plans - (a) In formulating the provisions of its civil justice expense...

§ 474. Review of district court action - (a)(1) The chief judge of each district court in a...

§ 475. Periodic district court assessment - After developing or selecting a civil justice expense and delay...

§ 476. Enhancement of judicial information dissemination - (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United...

§ 477. Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan - (a)(1) Based on the plans developed and implemented by the...

§ 478. Advisory groups - (a) Within ninety days after the date of the enactment...

§ 479. Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction - (a) Within four years after the date of the enactment...

§ 480. Training programs - The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director...

§ 481. Automated case information - (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United...

§ 482. Definitions - As used in this chapter, the term “judicial officer” means...

PART II— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

CHAPTER 31— THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

§ 501. Executive department - The Department of Justice is an executive department of the...

§ 502. Seal - The Attorney General shall have a seal for the Department...

§ 503. Attorney General - The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and...

§ 504. Deputy Attorney General - The President may appoint, by and with the advice and...

§ 504a. Associate Attorney General - The President may appoint, by and with the advice and...

§ 505. Solicitor General - The President shall appoint in the Department of Justice, by...

§ 506. Assistant Attorneys General - The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and...

§ 507. Assistant Attorney General for Administration - (a) The Attorney General shall appoint, with the approval of...

§ 507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security - (a) Of the Assistant Attorneys General appointed under section 506,...

§ 508. Vacancies - (a) In case of a vacancy in the office of...

§ 509. Functions of the Attorney General - (1) vested by subchapter II of chapter 5 of title...

§ 509A. National Security Division - (a) There is a National Security Division of the Department...

§ 509B. Section to enforce human rights laws - (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of...

§ 510. Delegation of authority - The Attorney General may from time to time make such...

§ 511. Attorney General to advise the President - The Attorney General shall give his advice and opinion on...

§ 512. Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments - The head of an executive department may require the opinion...

§ 513. Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments - When a question of law arises in the administration of...

§ 514. Legal services on pending claims in departments and agencies - When the head of an executive department or agency is...

§ 515. Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys - (a) The Attorney General or any other officer of the...

§ 516. Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justice - Except as otherwise authorized by law, the conduct of litigation...

§ 517. Interests of United States in pending suits - The Solicitor General, or any officer of the Department of...

§ 518. Conduct and argument of cases - (a) Except when the Attorney General in a particular case...

§ 519. Supervision of litigation - Except as otherwise authorized by law, the Attorney General shall...

§ 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...

§ 521. Publication and distribution of opinions - (1) shall cause to be edited, and printed in the...

§ 522. Report of business and statistics - (a) The Attorney General, by April 1 of each year,...

§ 523. Requisitions - The Attorney General shall sign all requisitions for the advance...

§ 524. Availability of appropriations - (a) Appropriations for the Department of Justice are available to...

§ 525. Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange - In the procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals,...

§ 526. Authority of Attorney General to investigate United States attorneys, marshals, trustees, clerks of court, and others - (a) The Attorney General may investigate the official acts, records,...

§ 527. Establishment of working capital fund - There is hereby authorized to be established a working capital...

§ 528. Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice - The Attorney General shall promulgate rules and regulations which require...

§ 529. Annual report of Attorney General - (a) Beginning on June 1, 1979, and at the beginning...

§ 530. Payment of travel and transportation expenses of newly appointed special agents - The Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee is authorized...

§ 530A. Authorization of appropriations for travel and related expenses and for health care of personnel serving abroad - (1) for travel and related expenses of employees of the...

§ 530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government - (a) An attorney for the Government shall be subject to...

§ 530C. Authority to use available funds - (a) In General.—Except to the extent provided otherwise by law,...

§ 530D. Report on enforcement of laws - (a) Report.—(1) In general.—The Attorney General shall submit to the...

CHAPTER 33— FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

§ 531. Federal Bureau of Investigation - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the Department of...

§ 532. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - The Attorney General may appoint a Director of the Federal...

§ 533. Investigative and other officials; appointment - (1) to detect and prosecute crimes against the United States;...

§ 534. Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials - (a) The Attorney General shall—(1) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve...

§ 535. Investigation of crimes involving Government officers and employees; limitations - (a) The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

§ 536. Positions in excepted service - All positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation are excepted...

§ 537. Expenses of unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character - Appropriations for the Federal Bureau of Investigation are available for...

§ 538. Investigation of aircraft piracy and related violations - The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall investigate any violation of...

§ 539. Counterintelligence official reception and representation expenses - The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may use...

§ 540. Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers - The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may...

§ 540A. Investigation of violent crimes against travelers - (a) In General.—At the request of an appropriate law enforcement...

§ 540B. Investigation of serial killings - (a) In General.—The Attorney General and the Director of the...

§ 540C. FBI police - (a) Definitions.—In this section:(1) Director.—The term “Director” means the Director...

§ 540D. Multidisciplinary teams - (a) Definitions.—In this section—(1) the term “child sexual abuse material”...

CHAPTER 35— UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

§ 541. United States attorneys - (a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice...

§ 542. Assistant United States attorneys - (a) The Attorney General may appoint one or more assistant...

§ 543. Special attorneys - (a) The Attorney General may appoint attorneys to assist United...

§ 544. Oath of office - Each United States attorney, assistant United States attorney, and attorney...

§ 545. Residence - (a) Each United States attorney shall reside in the district...

§ 546. Vacancies - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Attorney General...

§ 547. Duties - (1) prosecute for all offenses against the United States; (2)...

§ 548. Salaries - Subject to sections 5315 through 5317 of title 5, the...

§ 549. Expenses - Necessary office expenses of United States attorneys shall be allowed...

§ 550. Clerical assistants, messengers, and private process servers - The United States attorneys may employ clerical assistants, messengers, and...

CHAPTER 37— UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE

§ 561. United States Marshals Service - (a) There is hereby established a United States Marshals Service...

§ 562. Vacancies - (a) In the case of a vacancy in the office...

§ 563. Oath of office - The Director and each United States marshal and law enforcement...

§ 564. Powers as sheriff - United States marshals, deputy marshals and such other officials of...

§ 565. Expenses of the Service - The Director is authorized to use funds appropriated for the...

§ 566. Powers and duties - (a) It is the primary role and mission of the...

§ 567. Collection of fees; accounting - (a) Each United States marshal shall collect, as far as...

§ 568. Practice of law prohibited - A United States marshal or deputy marshal may not practice...

§ 569. Reemployment rights - (a) A United States marshal for a judicial district who...

[§§ 570, 571. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 572. Renumbered § 567] -

[§§ 572a to 574. Repealed. , , ] -

[§§ 575, 576. Renumbered §§ 568, 569] -

CHAPTER 39— UNITED STATES TRUSTEES

§ 581. United States trustees - (a) The Attorney General shall appoint one United States trustee...

§ 582. Assistant United States trustees - (a) The Attorney General may appoint one or more assistant...

§ 583. Oath of office - Each United States trustee and assistant United States trustee, before...

§ 584. Official stations - The Attorney General may determine the official stations of the...

§ 585. Vacancies - (a) The Attorney General may appoint an acting United States...

§ 586. Duties; supervision by Attorney General - (a) Each United States trustee, within the region for which...

§ 587. Salaries - Subject to sections 5315 through 5317 of title 5, the...

§ 588. Expenses - Necessary office expenses of the United States trustee shall be...

§ 589. Staff and other employees - The United States trustee may employ staff and other employees...

§ 589a. United States Trustee System Fund - (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the...

§ 589b. Bankruptcy data - (a) Rules.—The Attorney General shall, within a reasonable time after...

CHAPTER 40— INDEPENDENT COUNSEL

§ 591. Applicability of provisions of this chapter - (a) Preliminary Investigation With Respect to Certain Covered Persons.—The Attorney...

§ 592. Preliminary investigation and application for appointment of an independent counsel - (a) Conduct of Preliminary Investigation.—(1) In general.—A preliminary investigation conducted...

§ 593. Duties of the division of the court - (a) Reference to Division of the Court.—The division of the...

§ 594. Authority and duties of an independent counsel - (a) Authorities.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an independent counsel...

§ 595. Congressional oversight - (a) Oversight of Conduct of Independent Counsel.—(1) Congressional oversight.—The appropriate...

§ 596. Removal of an independent counsel; termination of office - (a) Removal; Report on Removal.—(1) Grounds for removal.—An independent counsel...

§ 597. Relationship with Department of Justice - (a) Suspension of Other Investigations and Proceedings.—Whenever a matter is...

§ 598. Severability - If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof...

§ 599. Termination of effect of chapter - This chapter shall cease to be effective five years after...

CHAPTER 40A— BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES

§ 599A. Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and Explosives  - (a) Establishment.—(1) In general.—There is established within the Department of...

§ 599B. Personnel Management demonstration  project  - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Personnel Management Demonstration...

PART III— COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

CHAPTER 41— ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES COURTS

§ 601. Creation; Director and Deputy Director - The Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall be...

§ 602. Employees - (a) The Director shall appoint and fix the compensation of...

§ 603. Salaries - The salary of the Director shall be the same as...

§ 604. Duties of Director generally - (a) The Director shall be the administrative officer of the...

§ 605. Budget estimates - The Director, under the supervision of the Judicial Conference of...

§ 606. Duties of Deputy Director - The Deputy Director shall perform the duties assigned to him...

§ 607. Practice of law prohibited - An officer or employee of the Administrative Office shall not...

§ 608. Seal - The Director shall use a seal approved by the Supreme...

§ 609. Courts’ appointive power unaffected - The authority of the courts to appoint their own administrative...

§ 610. Courts defined - As used in this chapter the word “courts” includes the...

§ 611. Retirement of Director - (a) The Director may, by written election filed with the...

§ 612. Judiciary Information Technology Fund - (a) Establishment and Availability of Fund.—There is hereby established in...

§ 613. Disbursing and certifying officers - (a) Disbursing Officers.—The Director may designate in writing officers and...

CHAPTER 42— FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

§ 620. Federal Judicial Center - (a) There is established within the judicial branch of the...

§ 621. Board; composition, tenure of members, compensation - (a) The activities of the Center shall be supervised by...

§ 622. Meetings; conduct of business - (a) Regular meetings of the Board shall be held quarterly....

§ 623. Duties of the Board - (a) In its direction and supervision of the activities of...

§ 624. Powers of the Board - (1) to appoint and fix the duties of the Director...

§ 625. Director and staff - (a) The Director shall supervise the activities of persons employed...

§ 626. Compensation of the Director and Deputy Director - The compensation of the Director of the Federal Judicial Center...

§ 627. Retirement; employee benefits - (a) The Director, Deputy Director, the professional staff, and the...

§ 628. Appropriations and accounting - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as...

§ 629. Federal Judicial Center Foundation - (a) There is established a private nonprofit corporation which shall...

CHAPTER 43— UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGES

§ 631. Appointment and tenure - (a) The judges of each United States district court and...

§ 632. Character of service - (a) Full-time United States magistrate judges may not engage in...

§ 633. Determination of number, locations, and salaries of magistrate judges - (a) Surveys by the Director.—(1) The Director shall, within one...

§ 634. Compensation - (a) Officers appointed under this chapter shall receive, as full...

§ 635. Expenses - (a) Full-time United States magistrate judges serving under this chapter...

§ 636. Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment - (a) Each United States magistrate judge serving under this chapter...

§ 637. Training - The Federal Judicial Center shall conduct periodic training programs and...

§ 638. Dockets and forms; United States Code; seals - (a) The Director shall furnish to United States magistrate judges...

§ 639. Definitions - (1) “Conference” shall mean the Judicial Conference of the United...

CHAPTER 44— ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

§ 651. Authorization of alternative dispute resolution - (a) Definition.—For purposes of this chapter, an alternative dispute resolution...

§ 652. Jurisdiction - (a) Consideration of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Appropriate Cases.—Notwithstanding any...

§ 653. Neutrals - (a) Panel of Neutrals.—Each district court that authorizes the use...

§ 654. Arbitration - (a) Referral of Actions to Arbitration.—Notwithstanding any provision of law...

§ 655. Arbitrators - (a) Powers of Arbitrators.—An arbitrator to whom an action is...

§ 656. Subpoenas - Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (relating...

§ 657. Arbitration award and judgment - (a) Filing and Effect of Arbitration Award.—An arbitration award made...

§ 658. Compensation of arbitrators and neutrals - (a) Compensation.—The district court shall, subject to regulations approved by...

CHAPTER 45— SUPREME COURT

§ 671. Clerk - (a) The Supreme Court may appoint and fix the compensation...

§ 672. Marshal - (a) The Supreme Court may appoint a marshal, who shall...

§ 673. Reporter - (a) The Supreme Court may appoint and fix the compensation...

§ 674. Librarian - (a) The Supreme Court may appoint a librarian, whose salary...

§ 675. Law clerks and secretaries - The Chief Justice of the United States, and the associate...

§ 676. Printing and binding - (a) The printing and binding for the Supreme Court, including...

§ 677. Counselor to the Chief Justice - (a) The Chief Justice of the United States may appoint...

CHAPTER 47— COURTS OF APPEALS

§ 711. Clerks and employees - (a) Each court of appeals may appoint a clerk who...

§ 712. Law clerks and secretaries - Circuit judges may appoint necessary law clerks and secretaries. A...

§ 713. Librarians - (a) Each court of appeals may appoint a librarian who...

§ 714. Criers and messengers - (a) Each court of appeals may appoint a crier who...

§ 715. Staff attorneys and technical assistants - (a) The chief judge of each court of appeals, with...

CHAPTER 49— DISTRICT COURTS

§ 751. Clerks - (a) Each district court may appoint a clerk who shall...

§ 752. Law clerks and secretaries - District judges may appoint necessary law clerks and secretaries subject...

§ 753. Reporters - (a) Each district court of the United States, the United...

§ 754. Receivers of property in different districts - A receiver appointed in any civil action or proceeding involving...

§ 755. Criers and bailiffs - Each district judge may appoint a crier for the court...

§ 756. Power to appoint - Whenever a majority of the district judges of any district...

[CHAPTER 50— OMITTED] -

CHAPTER 51— UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

§ 791. Clerk - (a) The United States Court of Federal Claims may appoint...

[§ 792. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 793. Repealed. , ] -

§ 794. Law clerks and secretaries - The judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims...

§ 795. Bailiffs and messengers - The chief judge of  United States Court of Federal Claims,...

§ 796. Reporting of court proceedings - Subject to the approval of the United States Court of...

§ 797. Recall of retired judges - (a)(1) Any judge of the United States Court of Federal...

§ 798. Places of holding court; appointment of special masters - (a) The United States Court of Federal Claims is authorized...

[CHAPTER 53— REPEALED]

[§§ 831 to 834. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 55— COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

§ 871. Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees - The Court of International Trade may appoint a clerk, a...

§ 872. Criers, bailiffs, and messengers - The Court of International Trade may appoint such criers as...

[§ 873. Renumbered § 872] -

CHAPTER 57— GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

§ 951. Oath of office of clerks and deputies - Each clerk of court and his deputies shall take the...

[§ 952. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 953. Administration of oaths and acknowledgments - Each clerk of court and his deputies may administer oaths...

§ 954. Vacancy in clerk position; absence of clerk - When the office of clerk is vacant, the deputy clerks...

§ 955. Practice of law restricted - The clerk of each court and his deputies and assistants...

§ 956. Powers and duties of clerks and deputies - The clerk of each court and his deputies and assistants...

§ 957. Clerks ineligible for certain offices - A clerk of a court or any of his deputies...

§ 958. Persons ineligible as receivers - A person holding any civil or military office or employment...

§ 959. Trustees and receivers suable; management; State laws - (a) Trustees, receivers or managers of any property, including debtors...

§ 960. Tax liability - (a) Any officers and agents conducting any business under authority...

§ 961. Office expenses of clerks - Each clerk of court shall be allowed his necessary office...

[§ 962. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 963. Courts defined - As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise,...

CHAPTER 58— UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

§ 991. United States Sentencing Commission; establishment and purposes - (a) There is established as an independent commission in the...

§ 992. Terms of office; compensation - (a) The voting members of the United States Sentencing Commission...

§ 993. Powers and duties of Chair - (a) call and preside at meetings of the Commission, which...

§ 994. Duties of the Commission - (a) The Commission, by affirmative vote of at least four...

§ 995. Powers of the Commission - (a) The Commission, by vote of a majority of the...

§ 996. Director and staff - (a) The Staff Director shall supervise the activities of persons...

§ 997. Annual report - The Commission shall report annually to the Judicial Conference of...

§ 998. Definitions - (a) “Commission” means the United States Sentencing Commission; (b) “Commissioner”...

PART IV— JURISDICTION AND VENUE

CHAPTER 81— SUPREME COURT

§ 1251. Original jurisdiction - (a) The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction...

[§ 1252. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 1253. Direct appeals from decisions of three-judge courts - Except as otherwise provided by law, any party may appeal...

§ 1254. Courts of appeals; certiorari; certified questions - (1) By writ of certiorari granted upon the petition of...

[§§ 1255, 1256. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 1257. State courts; certiorari - (a) Final judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court...

§ 1258. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; certiorari - Final judgments or decrees rendered by the Supreme Court of...

§ 1259. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; certiorari - (1) Cases reviewed by the Court of Appeals for the...

§ 1260. Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands; certiorari - Final judgments or decrees rendered by the Supreme Court of...

CHAPTER 83— COURTS OF APPEALS

§ 1291. Final decisions of district courts - The courts of appeals (other than the United States Court...

§ 1292. Interlocutory decisions - (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of...

[§ 1293. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 1294. Circuits in which decisions reviewable - (1) From a district court of the United States to...

§ 1295. Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - (a) The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal...

§ 1296. Review of certain agency actions - (a) Jurisdiction.—Subject to the provisions of chapter 179, the United...

CHAPTER 85— DISTRICT COURTS; JURISDICTION

§ 1330. Actions against foreign states - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction without regard...

§ 1331. Federal question - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil...

§ 1332. Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all...

§ 1333. Admiralty, maritime and prize cases - (1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving...

§ 1334. Bankruptcy cases and proceedings - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 1335. Interpleader - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any...

§ 1336. Surface Transportation Board’s orders - (a) Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, the...

§ 1337. Commerce and antitrust regulations; amount in controversy, costs - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any...

§ 1338. Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any...

§ 1339. Postal matters - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1340. Internal revenue; customs duties - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1341. Taxes by States - The district courts shall not enjoin, suspend or restrain the...

§ 1342. Rate orders of State agencies - (1) Jurisdiction is based solely on diversity of citizenship or...

§ 1343. Civil rights and elective franchise - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any...

§ 1344. Election disputes - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1345. United States as plaintiff - Except as otherwise provided by Act of Congress, the district...

§ 1346. United States as defendant - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with...

§ 1347. Partition action where United States is joint tenant - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1348. Banking association as party - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1349. Corporation organized under federal law as party - The district courts shall not have jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1350. Alien’s action for tort - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1351. Consuls, vice consuls, and members of a diplomatic mission as defendant - (1) consuls or vice consuls of foreign states; or (2)...

§ 1352. Bonds executed under federal law - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, concurrent with State...

§ 1353. Indian allotments - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1354. Land grants from different states - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of actions between...

§ 1355. Fine, penalty or forfeiture - (a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of...

§ 1356. Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the...

§ 1357. Injuries under Federal laws - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1358. Eminent domain - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all proceedings...

§ 1359. Parties collusively joined or made - A district court shall not have jurisdiction of a civil...

§ 1360. State civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are parties - (a) Each of the States listed in the following table...

§ 1361. Action to compel an officer of the United States to perform his duty - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any action...

§ 1362. Indian tribes - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of all civil...

§ 1363. Jurors’ employment rights - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1364. Direct actions against insurers of members of diplomatic missions and their families - (a) The district courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction,...

§ 1365. Senate actions - (a) The United States District Court for the District of...

§ 1366. Construction of references to laws of the United States or Acts of Congress - For the purposes of this chapter, references to laws of...

§ 1367. Supplemental jurisdiction - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) or...

§ 1368. Counterclaims in unfair practices in international trade. - The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil...

§ 1369. Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction - (a) In General.—The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of...

CHAPTER 87— DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE

§ 1390. Scope - (a) Venue Defined.—As used in this chapter, the term “venue”...

§ 1391. Venue generally - (a) Applicability of Section.—Except as otherwise provided by law—(1) this...

[§ 1392. Repealed. , , ] -

[§ 1393. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 1394. Banking association’s action against Comptroller of Currency - Any civil action by a national banking association to enjoin...

§ 1395. Fine, penalty or forfeiture - (a) A civil proceeding for the recovery of a pecuniary...

§ 1396. Internal revenue taxes - Any civil action for the collection of internal revenue taxes...

§ 1397. Interpleader - Any civil action of interpleader or in the nature of...

§ 1398. Interstate Commerce Commission’s orders - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a civil action...

§ 1399. Partition action involving United States - Any civil action by any tenant in common or joint...

§ 1400. Patents and copyrights, mask works, and designs - (a) Civil actions, suits, or proceedings arising under any Act...

§ 1401. Stockholder’s derivative action - Any civil action by a stockholder on behalf of his...

§ 1402. United States as defendant - (a) Any civil action in a district court against the...

§ 1403. Eminent domain - Proceedings to condemn real estate for the use of the...

§ 1404. Change of venue - (a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the...

§ 1405. Creation or alteration of district or division - Actions or proceedings pending at the time of the creation...

§ 1406. Cure or waiver of defects - (a) The district court of a district in which is...

§ 1407. Multidistrict litigation - (a) When civil actions involving one or more common questions...

§ 1408. Venue of cases under title 11 - (1) in which the domicile, residence, principal place of business...

§ 1409. Venue of proceedings arising under title 11 or arising in or related to cases under title 11 - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d),...

§ 1410. Venue of cases ancillary to foreign proceedings - (1) in which the debtor has its principal place of...

§ 1411. Jury trials - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 1412. Change of venue - A district court may transfer a case or proceeding under...

§ 1413. Venue of cases under chapter 5 of title 3 - Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this chapter, a civil action...

CHAPTER 89— DISTRICT COURTS; REMOVAL OF CASES FROM STATE COURTS

§ 1441. Removal of civil actions - (a) Generally.—Except as otherwise expressly provided by Act of Congress,...

§ 1442. Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted - (a) A civil action or criminal prosecution that is commenced...

§ 1442a. Members of armed forces sued or prosecuted - A civil or criminal prosecution in a court of a...

§ 1443. Civil rights cases - (1) Against any person who is denied or cannot enforce...

§ 1444. Foreclosure action against United States - Any action brought under against the United States in any...

§ 1445. Nonremovable actions - (a) A civil action in any State court against a...

§ 1446. Procedure for removal of civil actions - (a) Generally.—A defendant or defendants desiring to remove any civil...

§ 1447. Procedure after removal generally - (a) In any case removed from a State court, the...

§ 1448. Process after removal - In all cases removed from any State court to any...

§ 1449. State court record supplied - Where a party is entitled to copies of the records...

§ 1450. Attachment or sequestration; securities - Whenever any action is removed from a State court to...

§ 1451. Definitions - (1) The term “State court” includes the Superior Court of...

§ 1452. Removal of claims related to bankruptcy cases - (a) A party may remove any claim or cause of...

§ 1453. Removal of class actions - (a) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “class”, “class action”, “class...

§ 1454. Patent, plant variety protection, and copyright cases - (a) In General.—A civil action in which any party asserts...

§ 1455. Procedure for removal of criminal prosecutions - (a) Notice of Removal.—A defendant or defendants desiring to remove...

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CHAPTER 91— UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS

§ 1491. Claims against United States generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority - (a)(1) The United States Court of Federal Claims shall have...

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