28 C.F.R. § 0.112
Special deputation
The Director, United States Marshals Service, is authorized to deputize the following persons to perform the functions of a Deputy U.S. Marshal in any district designated by the Director:
(a) Selected officers or employees of the Department of Justice;
(b) Selected federal, state, or local law enforcement officers whenever the law enforcement needs of the U.S. Marshals Service so require;
(c) Selected employees of private security companies in providing courtroom security for the Federal judiciary;
(d) Other persons designated by the Associate Attorney General pursuant to 28 CFR 0.19(a)(3).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 28
cases (13 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: United States v. William Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2005).
United States v. William Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062 (9th Cir. 2005). “§ 566 (c); 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 , and U.S. Marshals have long had the authority to seek and execute federal search warrants, 28 U.”
Pettiford v. City of Greensboro, 556 F. Supp. 2d 512 (M.D.N.C. 2008). “§ 566 (c); 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (2008), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (''DEA”), 21 U.”
Monteria Najuda Robinson v. William Sauls, 102 F.4th 1337 (11th Cir. 2024). “See 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (b). Given the distinct statutory scheme within which both state and federal officers operate when they participate in a USMS joint task force apprehending fugitives, we conclude that claims against such officers present a new context for Bivens purposes.”
Judith Henry v. Essex Cnty., 113 F.4th 355 (3rd Cir. 2024). “§ 3374 ; 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (b). Persons with arguably mixed federal and state authority act under color of federal law when they perform their federal duties.”
United States v. Barker, 623 F. Supp. 823 (D. Colo. 1985). “During the course of the investigation, two officers of the Lakewood Department of Public Safety, Ray Knott and Gina Morelli, were deputized as Special United States Marshals, pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 . The facts surrounding their involvement in these cases are undisputed.”
New England Apple Council v. Raymond J. Donovan, Sec'y of Labor, 725 F.2d 139 (1st Cir. 1984). “See 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (1983). These officials must often investigate violent and other crimes in the course of combatting organized crime and labor racketeering, see 18 U.”
United States v. J.C. Herbert Bryant, Jr., 117 F.3d 1464 (D.C. Cir. 1997). “A special deputy is designated pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 , which provides: The Director, United States Marshals Service, is authorized to deputize the following persons to perform the functions of a Deputy U.”
King v. United States, 130 Fed. Cl. 476 (Fed. Cl. 2017). “For example, 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 authorizes the Director of tire USMS to deputize "[s]elected officers or employees of the Department of Justice.”
Perry v. Delaney, 74 F. Supp. 2d 824 (C.D. Ill. 1999). “One of the few regulations identified by Federal Defendants is 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (c), which authorizes the USMS to deputize “employees of private security companies to provide courtroom security.”
Strolberg v. United States Marshals Serv., 350 F. App'x 113 (9th Cir. 2009). “See 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (c) (“The Director, United States Marshal Service, is authorized to deputize .”
United States v. Jones, 207 F. Supp. 3d 576 (E.D.N.C. 2016). “§ 878 (addressing the use of local law enforcement by federal agencies); 28 USCS § 566(c) (authorizing the United States Marshals Service to "command all necessary assistance to execute its duties”); 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (authorizing deputation of local law enforcement by the…”
Payne (S.D. Ill. 2026). “When state and local law enforcement officers participate in a USMS task force, they are federally deputized to perform the functions of a full-fledged Deputy United States Marshal, see 28 C.F.R. § 0.112 (b).6 Specially deputized United States Marshals are “federal law…”
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United States v. Cain, 413 F. Supp. 2d 189 (W.D.N.Y. 2005).
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