28 U.S.C. § 1963

Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts

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A judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property entered in any court of appeals, district court, bankruptcy court, or in the Court of International Trade may be registered by filing a certified copy of the judgment in any other district or, with respect to the Court of International Trade, in any judicial district, when the judgment has become final by appeal or expiration of the time for appeal or when ordered by the court that entered the judgment for good cause shown. Such a judgment entered in favor of the United States may be so registered any time after judgment is entered. A judgment so registered shall have the same effect as a judgment of the district court of the district where registered and may be enforced in like manner.

A certified copy of the satisfaction of any judgment in whole or in part may be registered in like manner in any district in which the judgment is a lien.

The procedure prescribed under this section is in addition to other procedures provided by law for the enforcement of judgments.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 523 cases (106 in the last 5 years), 1949–2026 · leading case: Budget Blinds, Inc. v. White, 536 F.3d 244 (3rd Cir. 2008).
Budget Blinds, Inc. v. White, 536 F.3d 244 (3rd Cir. 2008). · cites it 6× “On June 29, 2006, the New Jersey District Court stayed BBI's application for fees and costs pending resolution of this appeal.”
GE Betz, Inc. v. Zee Co., Inc., 718 F.3d 615 (7th Cir. 2013). · cites it 7× “§ 1441 (a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1963 . With respect to 28 U.S.”
Robinson v. First Wyoming Bank, NA, 909 P.2d 689 (Mont. 1995). · cites it 22× “Did the District Court err in ruling that 28 U.S.C. § 1963 created a new judgment for purposes of the six year period during which a writ of execution can be issued? 3.”
Condaire, Inc. v. Allied Piping, Inc., Nbd Bank, a Michigan Banking Corp., Garnishee, 286 F.3d 353 (6th Cir. 2002). · cites it 14× “This case requires us to consider how registration in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, under 28 U.S.C. § 1963 , affects the enforcement of a valid judgment obtained in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.”
Mobil Cerro Negro, Ltd. v. Bolivarian Repub. of Venezuela, 863 F.3d 96 (2d Cir. 2017). · cites it 3× “In further support for this view, we note in contrast that, by statute first enacted in 1948, federal district courts have been empowered summarily to register the judgments of other federal district courts to permit enforcement in the registering district.”
Woo v. Spackman, 988 F.3d 47 (1st Cir. 2021). · cites it 5× “This appeal requires us, as a matter of first impression in this circuit, to explore the scope and reach of 28 U.S.C. § 1963 — a statute that permits the registration of certain judgments in a federal district court.”
Associated Bus. Tel. Sys. Corp. v. Greater Capital Corp., 128 F.R.D. 63 (D.N.J. 1989). · cites it 14× “As previously codified, 28 U.S.C. § 1963 provided: A judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property now or hereafter entered in any district court which has become final by appeal or expiration of time for appeal may be registered in any other district by filing…”
Fid. Nat'l Fin., Inc. v. Friedman, 855 F. Supp. 2d 948 (D. Ariz. 2012). · cites it 23× “28 U.S.C. § 1963 . Presumably in accordance with that statute, 6 on November 14, 2002, Fidelity registered its California judgment by filing, inter alia, a certified copy of its judgment rendered in the California federal court.”
Repub. of Sudan v. Harrison, 139 S. Ct. 1048 (2019). · cites it 2× “See 28 U. S. C. §1963 (providing for registration of judgments for enforcement in other dis- tricts).”
Juneau Spruce Corp. v. Int'l Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, 128 F. Supp. 697 (D. Haw. 1955). · cites it 17× “Registration is purely a ministerial act in the enforcement of a foreign judgment.”
Covington Indus., Inc. v. Resintex A. G. & Horst Susskind, 629 F.2d 730 (2d Cir. 1980). · cites it 5× “Registration in the federal courts is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1963 which provides that judgments entered in the district courts which have become final may be registered in any other district by the filing of a certified copy of the judgment in such other district.”
Fid. Nat'l Fin. v. Colin Friedman, 935 F.3d 696 (9th Cir. 2019). · cites it 7× “Plaintiffs obtained a civil fraud judgment in California federal court and registered this California judgment in the District of Arizona pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1963 . Plaintiffs later attempted to renew the Arizona judgment, but the district court ruled that the renewal or…”
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