Title 28 U.S.C. — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

846 sections

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• § 7 — Implementation and oversight enhancements
• § 8 —
• § 9 — AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS GENERAL.
• § 10 —
• § 41 — Number and composition of circuits
• § 42 — Allotment of Supreme Court justices to circuits
• § 43 — Creation and composition of courts
• § 44 — Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges
• § 45 — Chief judges; precedence of judges
• § 46 — Assignment of judges; panels; hearings; quorum
• § 47 — Disqualification of trial judge to hear appeal
• § 48 — Terms of court
• § 49 — Assignment of judges to division to appoint independent counsels
• § 81 — Alabama
• § 81A — Alaska
• § 82 — Arizona
• § 83 — Arkansas
• § 84 — California
• § 85 — Colorado
• § 86 — Connecticut
• § 87 — Delaware
• § 88 — District of Columbia
• § 89 — Florida
• § 90 — Georgia
• § 91 — Hawaii
• § 92 — Idaho
• § 93 — Illinois
• § 94 — Indiana
• § 95 — Iowa
• § 96 — Kansas
• § 97 — Kentucky
• § 98 — Louisiana
• § 99 — Maine
• § 100 — Maryland
• § 101 — Massachusetts
• § 102 — Michigan
• § 103 — Minnesota
• § 104 — Mississippi
• § 105 — Missouri
• § 106 — Montana
• § 107 — Nebraska
• § 108 — Nevada
• § 109 — New Hampshire
• § 110 — New Jersey
• § 111 — New Mexico
• § 112 — New York
• § 113 — North Carolina
• § 114 — North Dakota
• § 115 — Ohio
• § 116 — Oklahoma
• § 117 — Oregon
• § 118 — Pennsylvania
• § 119 — Puerto Rico
• § 120 — Rhode Island
• § 121 — South Carolina
• § 122 — South Dakota
• § 123 — Tennessee
• § 124 — Texas
• § 125 — Utah
• § 126 — Vermont
• § 127 — Virginia
• § 128 — Washington
• § 129 — West Virginia
• § 130 — Wisconsin
• § 131 — Wyoming
• § 132 — Creation and composition of district courts
• § 133 — Appointment and number of district judges
• § 134 — Tenure and residence of district judges
• § 135 — Salaries of district judges
• § 136 — Chief judges; precedence of district judges
• § 137 — Division of business among district judges
• § 138 — Terms abolished
• § 139 — Times for holding regular sessions
• § 140 — Adjournment
• § 141 — Special sessions; places; notice
• § 142 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 115(c)(3), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32]
• § 143 — Vacant judgeship as affecting proceedings
• § 144 — Bias or prejudice of judge
• § 151 — Designation of bankruptcy courts
• § 152 — Appointment of bankruptcy judges
• § 153 — Salaries; character of service
• § 154 — Division of businesses; chief judge
• § 155 — Temporary transfer of bankruptcy judges
• § 156 — Staff; expenses
• § 157 — Procedures
• § 158 — Appeals
• § 159 — Bankruptcy statistics
• § 171 — Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge
• § 172 — Tenure and salaries of judges
• § 173 — Times and places of holding court
• § 174 — Assignment of judges; decisions
• § 175 — Official duty station; residence
• § 176 — Removal from office
• § 177 — Disbarment of removed judges
• § 178 — Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims
• § 179 — Personnel application and insurance programs
• § 180 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title VI, § 654(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–165]
• § 211 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 106, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 28]
• § 251 — Appointment and number of judges; offices
• § 252 — Tenure and salaries of judges
• § 253 — Duties of chief judge
• § 254 — Single-judge trials
• § 255 — Three-judge trials
• § 256 — Trials at ports other than New York
• § 257 — Publication of decisions
• § 258 — Chief judges; precedence of judges
• § 291 — Circuit judges
• § 292 — District judges
• § 293 — Judges of the Court of International Trade
• § 294 — Assignment of retired Justices or judges to active duty
• § 295 — Conditions upon designation and assignment
• § 296 — Powers upon designation and assignment
• § 297 — Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states
• § 301 — INCUMBENT UNITED STATES TRUSTEES.
• § 302 — EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
• § 303 — CERTIFICATION OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; NOTICE AND PUBLICATION OF CERTIFICATION.
• § 304 — ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
• § 305 — APPLICATION OF CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY RULES.
• § 306 — SALARY OF INCUMBENT UNITED STATES TRUSTEES.
• § 307 — PRESERVATION OF UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM DURING PENDENCY OF LEGISLATION; REPEALER.
• § 308 — CONSIDERATION OF CURRENT PRIVATE TRUSTEES FOR APPOINTMENT BY UNITED STATES TRUSTEES.
• § 309 — APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES TRUSTEES BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
• § 310 — ELECTRONIC CASE MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
• § 311 — CASES PENDING UNDER THE BANKRUPTCY ACT.
• § 331 — Judicial Conference of the United States
• § 332 — Judicial councils of circuits
• § 333 — Judicial conferences of circuits
• § 334 — Institutes and joint councils on sentencing
• § 335 — Judicial Conference of the Court of International Trade
• § 351 — Complaints; judge defined
• § 352 — Review of complaint by chief judge
• § 353 — Special committees
• § 354 — Action by judicial council
• § 355 — Action by Judicial Conference
• § 356 — Subpoena power
• § 357 — Review of orders and actions
• § 358 — Rules
• § 359 — Restrictions
• § 360 — Disclosure of information
• § 361 — Reimbursement of expenses
• § 362 — Other provisions and rules not affected
• § 363 — Court of Federal Claims, Court of International Trade, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• § 364 — Effect of felony conviction
• § 371 — Retirement on salary; retirement in senior status
• § 372 — Retirement for disability; substitute judge on failure to retire
• § 373 — Judges in territories and possessions
• § 374 — Residence of retired judges; official station
• § 375 — Recall of certain judges and magistrate judges
• § 376 — Annuities for survivors of certain judicial officials of the United States
• § 377 — Retirement of bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges
• § 411 — Supreme Court reports; printing, binding, and distribution
• § 412 — Sale of Supreme Court reports
• § 413 — Publications; distribution to courts
• § 414 — Transmittal of books to successors
• § 415 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 113, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 29]
• § 451 — Definitions
• § 452 — Courts always open; powers unrestricted by expiration of sessions
• § 453 — Oaths of justices and judges
• § 454 — Practice of law by justices and judges
• § 455 — Disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge
• § 456 — Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations
• § 457 — Records; obsolete papers
• § 458 — Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment
• § 459 — Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
• § 460 — Application to other courts
• § 461 — Adjustments in certain salaries
• § 462 — Court accommodations
• § 463 — Expenses of litigation
• § 471 — Requirement for a district court civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
• § 472 — Development and implementation of a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
• § 473 — Content of civil justice expense and delay reduction plans
• § 474 — Review of district court action
• § 475 — Periodic district court assessment
• § 476 — Enhancement of judicial information dissemination
• § 477 — Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
• § 478 — Advisory groups
• § 479 — Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction
• § 480 — Training programs
• § 481 — Automated case information
• § 482 — Definitions
• § 501 — Executive department
• § 502 — Seal
• § 503 — Attorney General
• § 504 — Deputy Attorney General
• § 504a — Associate Attorney General
• § 505 — Solicitor General
• § 506 — Assistant Attorneys General
• § 507 — Assistant Attorney General for Administration
• § 507A — Assistant Attorney General for National Security
• § 508 — Vacancies
• § 509 — Functions of the Attorney General
• § 509A — National Security Division
• § 509B — Section to enforce human rights laws
• § 510 — Delegation of authority
• § 511 — Attorney General to advise the President
• § 512 — Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments
• § 513 — Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments
• § 514 — Legal services on pending claims in departments and agencies
• § 515 — Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys
• § 516 — Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justice
• § 517 — Interests of United States in pending suits
• § 518 — Conduct and argument of cases
• § 519 — Supervision of litigation
• § 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
• § 521 — Publication and distribution of opinions
• § 522 — Report of business and statistics
• § 523 — Requisitions
• § 524 — Availability of appropriations
• § 525 — Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange
• § 526 — Authority of Attorney General to investigate United States attorneys, marshals, trustees, clerks of court, and others
• § 527 — Establishment of working capital fund
• § 528 — Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice
• § 529 — Annual report of Attorney General
• § 530 — Payment of travel and transportation expenses of newly appointed special agents
• § 530A — Authorization of appropriations for travel and related expenses and for health care of personnel serving abroad
• § 530B — Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government
• § 530C — Authority to use available funds
• § 530D — Report on enforcement of laws
• § 531 — Federal Bureau of Investigation
• § 532 — Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• § 533 — Investigative and other officials; appointment
• § 534 — Acquisition, preservation, and exchange of identification records and information; appointment of officials
• § 535 — Investigation of crimes involving Government officers and employees; limitations
• § 536 — Positions in excepted service
• § 537 — Expenses of unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character
• § 538 — Investigation of aircraft piracy and related violations
• § 539 — Counterintelligence official reception and representation expenses
• § 540 — Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers
• § 540A — Investigation of violent crimes against travelers
• § 540B — Investigation of serial killings
• § 540C — FBI police
• § 540D — Multidisciplinary teams
• § 541 — United States attorneys
• § 542 — Assistant United States attorneys
• § 543 — Special attorneys
• § 544 — Oath of office
• § 545 — Residence
• § 546 — Vacancies
• § 547 — Duties
• § 548 — Salaries
• § 549 — Expenses
• § 550 — Clerical assistants, messengers, and private process servers
• § 561 — United States Marshals Service
• § 562 — Vacancies
• § 563 — Oath of office
• § 564 — Powers as sheriff
• § 565 — Expenses of the Service
• § 566 — Powers and duties
• § 567 — Collection of fees; accounting
• § 568 — Practice of law prohibited
• § 569 — Reemployment rights
• § 570, — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7608(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4512]
• § 572 — Renumbered § 567]
• § 572a — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7608(a)(2)(A), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514]
• § 575, — Renumbered §§ 568, 569]
• § 581 — United States trustees
• § 582 — Assistant United States trustees
• § 583 — Oath of office
• § 584 — Official stations
• § 585 — Vacancies
• § 586 — Duties; supervision by Attorney General
• § 587 — Salaries
• § 588 — Expenses
• § 589 — Staff and other employees
• § 589a — United States Trustee System Fund
• § 589b — Bankruptcy data
• § 591 — Applicability of provisions of this chapter
• § 592 — Preliminary investigation and application for appointment of an independent counsel
• § 593 — Duties of the division of the court
• § 594 — Authority and duties of an independent counsel
• § 595 — Congressional oversight
• § 596 — Removal of an independent counsel; termination of office
• § 597 — Relationship with Department of Justice
• § 598 — Severability
• § 599 — Termination of effect of chapter
• § 599A — Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and Explosives 11 So in original. Probably should be “Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives”.
• § 599B — Personnel Management demonstration 11 So in original. Probably should be capitalized. project 1
• § 601 — Creation; Director and Deputy Director
• § 602 — Employees
• § 603 — Salaries
• § 604 — Duties of Director generally
• § 605 — Budget estimates
• § 606 — Duties of Deputy Director
• § 607 — Practice of law prohibited
• § 608 — Seal
• § 609 — Courts’ appointive power unaffected
• § 610 — Courts defined
• § 611 — Retirement of Director
• § 612 — Judiciary Information Technology Fund
• § 613 — Disbursing and certifying officers
• § 614 — REPORT.
• § 620 — Federal Judicial Center
• § 621 — Board; composition, tenure of members, compensation
• § 622 — Meetings; conduct of business
• § 623 — Duties of the Board
• § 624 — Powers of the Board
• § 625 — Director and staff
• § 626 — Compensation of the Director and Deputy Director
• § 627 — Retirement; employee benefits
• § 628 — Appropriations and accounting
• § 629 — Federal Judicial Center Foundation
• § 631 — Appointment and tenure
• § 632 — Character of service
• § 633 — Determination of number, locations, and salaries of magistrate judges
• § 634 — Compensation
• § 635 — Expenses
• § 636 — Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment
• § 637 — Training
• § 638 — Dockets and forms; United States Code; seals
• § 639 — Definitions
• § 651 — Authorization of alternative dispute resolution
• § 652 — Jurisdiction
• § 653 — Neutrals
• § 654 — Arbitration
• § 655 — Arbitrators
• § 656 — Subpoenas
• § 657 — Arbitration award and judgment
• § 658 — Compensation of arbitrators and neutrals
• § 671 — Clerk
• § 672 — Marshal
• § 673 — Reporter
• § 674 — Librarian
• § 675 — Law clerks and secretaries
• § 676 — Printing and binding
• § 677 — Counselor to the Chief Justice
• § 711 — Clerks and employees
• § 712 — Law clerks and secretaries
• § 713 — Librarians
• § 714 — Criers and messengers
• § 715 — Staff attorneys and technical assistants
• § 751 — Clerks
• § 752 — Law clerks and secretaries
• § 753 — Reporters
• § 754 — Receivers of property in different districts
• § 755 — Criers and bailiffs
• § 756 — Power to appoint
• § 791 — Clerk
• § 792 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 121(b), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 34]
• § 793 — Repealed. July 28, 1953, ch. 253, § 6, 67 Stat. 226]
• § 794 — Law clerks and secretaries
• § 795 — Bailiffs and messengers
• § 796 — Reporting of court proceedings
• § 797 — Recall of retired judges
• § 798 — Places of holding court; appointment of special masters
• § 831 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 122(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 36]
• § 871 — Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees
• § 872 — Criers, bailiffs, and messengers
• § 873 — Renumbered § 872]
• § 951 — Oath of office of clerks and deputies
• § 952 — Repealed. Pub. L. 92–310, title II, § 206(e)(1), June 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 203]
• § 953 — Administration of oaths and acknowledgments
• § 954 — Vacancy in clerk position; absence of clerk
• § 955 — Practice of law restricted
• § 956 — Powers and duties of clerks and deputies
• § 957 — Clerks ineligible for certain offices
• § 958 — Persons ineligible as receivers
• § 959 — Trustees and receivers suable; management; State laws
• § 960 — Tax liability
• § 961 — Office expenses of clerks
• § 962 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 663]
• § 963 — Courts defined
• § 991 — United States Sentencing Commission; establishment and purposes
• § 992 — Terms of office; compensation
• § 993 — Powers and duties of Chair
• § 994 — Duties of the Commission
• § 995 — Powers of the Commission
• § 996 — Director and staff
• § 997 — Annual report
• § 998 — Definitions
• § 1051 — SHORT TITLE.
• § 1052 — FINDINGS.
• § 1053 — CIVIL ENFORCEMENT REPORT.
• § 1054 — CIVIL ENFORCEMENT ENHANCEMENT.
• § 1055 — EXPENSES OF TASK FORCES.
• § 1251 — Original jurisdiction
• § 1252 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–352, § 1, June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 662]
• § 1253 — Direct appeals from decisions of three-judge courts
• § 1254 — Courts of appeals; certiorari; certified questions
• § 1255, — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 123, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 36]
• § 1257 — State courts; certiorari
• § 1258 — Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; certiorari
• § 1259 — Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; certiorari
• § 1260 — Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands; certiorari
• § 1291 — Final decisions of district courts
• § 1292 — Interlocutory decisions
• § 1293 — Repealed. Pub. L. 87–189, § 3, Aug. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 417]
• § 1294 — Circuits in which decisions reviewable
• § 1295 — Jurisdiction of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• § 1296 — Review of certain agency actions
• § 1330 — Actions against foreign states
• § 1331 — Federal question
• § 1332 — Diversity of citizenship; amount in controversy; costs
• § 1333 — Admiralty, maritime and prize cases
• § 1334 — Bankruptcy cases and proceedings
• § 1335 — Interpleader
• § 1336 — Surface Transportation Board’s orders
• § 1337 — Commerce and antitrust regulations; amount in controversy, costs
• § 1338 — Patents, plant variety protection, copyrights, mask works, designs, trademarks, and unfair competition
• § 1339 — Postal matters
• § 1340 — Internal revenue; customs duties
• § 1341 — Taxes by States
• § 1342 — Rate orders of State agencies
• § 1343 — Civil rights and elective franchise
• § 1344 — Election disputes
• § 1345 — United States as plaintiff
• § 1346 — United States as defendant
• § 1347 — Partition action where United States is joint tenant
• § 1348 — Banking association as party
• § 1349 — Corporation organized under federal law as party
• § 1350 — Alien’s action for tort
• § 1351 — Consuls, vice consuls, and members of a diplomatic mission as defendant
• § 1352 — Bonds executed under federal law
• § 1353 — Indian allotments
• § 1354 — Land grants from different states
• § 1355 — Fine, penalty or forfeiture
• § 1356 — Seizures not within admiralty and maritime jurisdiction
• § 1357 — Injuries under Federal laws
• § 1358 — Eminent domain
• § 1359 — Parties collusively joined or made
• § 1360 — State civil jurisdiction in actions to which Indians are parties
• § 1361 — Action to compel an officer of the United States to perform his duty
• § 1362 — Indian tribes
• § 1363 — Jurors’ employment rights
• § 1364 — Direct actions against insurers of members of diplomatic missions and their families
• § 1365 — Senate actions
• § 1366 — Construction of references to laws of the United States or Acts of Congress
• § 1367 — Supplemental jurisdiction
• § 1368 — Counterclaims in unfair practices in international trade.
• § 1369 — Multiparty, multiforum jurisdiction
• § 1390 — Scope
• § 1391 — Venue generally
• § 1392 — Repealed. Pub. L. 112–63, § 203, Dec. 7, 2011, 125 Stat. 764]
• § 1393 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1001(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4664]
• § 1394 — Banking association’s action against Comptroller of Currency
• § 1395 — Fine, penalty or forfeiture
• § 1396 — Internal revenue taxes
• § 1397 — Interpleader
• § 1398 — Interstate Commerce Commission’s orders
• § 1399 — Partition action involving United States
• § 1400 — Patents and copyrights, mask works, and designs
• § 1401 — Stockholder’s derivative action
• § 1402 — United States as defendant
• § 1403 — Eminent domain
• § 1404 — Change of venue
• § 1405 — Creation or alteration of district or division
• § 1406 — Cure or waiver of defects
• § 1407 — Multidistrict litigation
• § 1408 — Venue of cases under title 11
• § 1409 — Venue of proceedings arising under title 11 or arising in or related to cases under title 11
• § 1410 — Venue of cases ancillary to foreign proceedings
• § 1411 — Jury trials
• § 1412 — Change of venue
• § 1413 — Venue of cases under chapter 5 of title 3
• § 1441 — Removal of civil actions
• § 1442 — Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted
• § 1442a — Members of armed forces sued or prosecuted
• § 1443 — Civil rights cases
• § 1444 — Foreclosure action against United States
• § 1445 — Nonremovable actions
• § 1446 — Procedure for removal of civil actions
• § 1447 — Procedure after removal generally
• § 1448 — Process after removal
• § 1449 — State court record supplied
• § 1450 — Attachment or sequestration; securities
• § 1451 — Definitions
• § 1452 — Removal of claims related to bankruptcy cases
• § 1453 — Removal of class actions
• § 1454 — Patent, plant variety protection, and copyright cases
• § 1455 — Procedure for removal of criminal prosecutions
• § 1491 — Claims against United States generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority
• § 1492 — Congressional reference cases
• § 1493 — Repealed. July 28, 1953, ch. 253, § 8, 67 Stat. 226]
• § 1494 — Accounts of officers, agents or contractors
• § 1495 — Damages for unjust conviction and imprisonment; claim against United States
• § 1496 — Disbursing officers’ claims
• § 1497 — Oyster growers’ damages from dredging operations
• § 1498 — Patent and copyright cases
• § 1499 — Liquidated damages withheld from contractors under chapter 37 of title 40
• § 1500 — Pendency of claims in other courts
• § 1501 — Pensions
• § 1502 — Treaty cases
• § 1503 — Set-offs
• § 1504 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 133(f), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• § 1505 — Indian claims
• § 1506 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 133(h), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• § 1507 — Jurisdiction for certain declaratory judgments
• § 1508 — Jurisdiction for certain partnership proceedings
• § 1509 — No jurisdiction in cases involving refunds of tax shelter promoter and understatement penalties
• § 1541 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 134, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• § 1581 — Civil actions against the United States and agencies and officers thereof
• § 1582 — Civil actions commenced by the United States
• § 1583 — Counterclaims, cross-claims, and third-party actions
• § 1584 — Civil actions under the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement or the USMCA
• § 1585 — Powers in law and equity
• § 1602 — Findings and declaration of purpose
• § 1603 — Definitions
• § 1604 — Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction
• § 1605 — General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state
• § 1605A — Terrorism exception to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state
• § 1605B — Responsibility of foreign states for international terrorism against the United States
• § 1606 — Extent of liability
• § 1607 — Counterclaims
• § 1608 — Service; time to answer; default
• § 1609 — Immunity from attachment and execution of property of a foreign state
• § 1610 — Exceptions to the immunity from attachment or execution
• § 1611 — Certain types of property immune from execution
• § 1631 — Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction
• § 1651 — Writs
• § 1652 — State laws as rules of decision
• § 1653 — Amendment of pleadings to show jurisdiction
• § 1654 — Appearance personally or by counsel
• § 1655 — Lien enforcement; absent defendants
• § 1656 — Creation of new district or division or transfer of territory; lien enforcement
• § 1657 — Priority of civil actions
• § 1658 — Time limitations on the commencement of civil actions arising under Acts of Congress
• § 1659 — Stay of certain actions pending disposition of related proceedings before the United States International Trade Commission
• § 1691 — Seal and teste of process
• § 1692 — Process and orders affecting property in different districts
• § 1693 — Place of arrest in civil action
• § 1694 — Patent infringement action
• § 1695 — Stockholder’s derivative action
• § 1696 — Service in foreign and international litigation
• § 1697 — Service in multiparty, multiforum actions
• § 1701 — SHORT TITLE.
• § 1702 — SENSE OF CONGRESS.
• § 1703 — DEFINITIONS.
• § 1704 — RECEIPT OF ADEQUATE FUNDS; IMMUNITIES OF SUDAN.
• § 1705 — REAUTHORIZATION OF AND MODIFICATIONS TO UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND.
• § 1706 — PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN PENDING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CLAIMS AGAINST SUDAN.
• § 1707 — COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN NATURALIZED UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS.
• § 1708 — TREATY AND EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT PRACTICE.
• § 1711 — Definitions
• § 1712 — Coupon settlements
• § 1713 — Protection against loss by class members
• § 1714 — Protection against discrimination based on geographic location
• § 1715 — Notifications to appropriate Federal and State officials
• § 1731 — Handwriting
• § 1732 — Record made in regular course of business; photographic copies
• § 1733 — Government records and papers; copies
• § 1734 — Court record lost or destroyed, generally
• § 1735 — Court record lost or destroyed where United States interested
• § 1736 — Congressional Journals
• § 1737 — Copy of officer’s bond
• § 1738 — State and Territorial statutes and judicial proceedings; full faith and credit
• § 1738A — Full faith and credit given to child custody determinations
• § 1738B — Full faith and credit for child support orders
• § 1738C — Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect thereof
• § 1739 — State and Territorial nonjudicial records; full faith and credit
• § 1740 — Copies of consular papers
• § 1741 — Foreign official documents
• § 1742 — Repealed. Pub. L. 88–619, § 6(a), Oct. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 996]
• § 1743 — Demand on postmaster
• § 1744 — Copies of United States Patent and Trademark Office documents, generally
• § 1745 — Copies of foreign patent documents
• § 1746 — Unsworn declarations under penalty of per­jury
• § 1781 — Transmittal of letter rogatory or request
• § 1782 — Assistance to foreign and international tribunals and to litigants before such tribunals
• § 1783 — Subpoena of person in foreign country
• § 1784 — Contempt
• § 1785 — Subpoenas in multiparty, multiforum actions
• § 1821 — Per diem and mileage generally; subsistence
• § 1822 — Competency of interested persons; share of penalties payable
• § 1823 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–563, § 5(a), Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1478]
• § 1824 — Mileage fees under summons as both witness and juror
• § 1825 — Payment of fees
• § 1826 — Recalcitrant witnesses
• § 1827 — Interpreters in courts of the United States
• § 1828 — Special interpretation services
• § 1861 — Declaration of policy
• § 1862 — Discrimination prohibited
• § 1863 — Plan for random jury selection
• § 1864 — Drawing of names from the master jury wheel; completion of juror qualification form
• § 1865 — Qualifications for jury service
• § 1866 — Selection and summoning of jury panels
• § 1867 — Challenging compliance with selection procedures
• § 1868 — Maintenance and inspection of records
• § 1869 — Definitions
• § 1870 — Challenges
• § 1871 — Fees
• § 1872 — Issues of fact in Supreme Court
• § 1873 — Admiralty and maritime cases
• § 1874 — Actions on bonds and specialties
• § 1875 — Protection of jurors’ employment
• § 1876 — Trial by jury in the Court of International Trade
• § 1877 — Protection of jurors
• § 1878 — Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure
• § 1911 — Supreme Court
• § 1912 — Damages and costs on affirmance
• § 1913 — Courts of appeals
• § 1914 — District court; filing and miscellaneous fees; rules of court
• § 1915 — Proceedings in forma pauperis
• § 1915A — Screening
• § 1916 — Seamen’s suits
• § 1917 — District courts; fee on filing notice of or petition for appeal
• § 1918 — District courts; fines, forfeitures and criminal proceedings
• § 1919 — Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction
• § 1920 — Taxation of costs
• § 1921 — United States marshal’s fees
• § 1922 — Witness fees before United States magistrate judges
• § 1923 — Docket fees and costs of briefs
• § 1924 — Verification of bill of costs
• § 1925 — Admiralty and maritime cases
• § 1926 — Court of Federal Claims
• § 1927 — Counsel’s liability for excessive costs
• § 1928 — Patent infringement action; disclaimer not filed
• § 1929 — Extraordinary expenses not expressly authorized
• § 1930 — Bankruptcy fees
• § 1931 — Disposition of filing fees
• § 1932 — Revocation of earned release credit
• § 1961 — Interest
• § 1962 — Lien
• § 1963 — Registration of judgments for enforcement in other districts
• § 1963A — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1002(b)(2), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4664]
• § 1964 — Constructive notice of pending actions
• § 2001 — Sale of realty generally
• § 2002 — Notice of sale of realty
• § 2003 — Marshal’s incapacity after levy on or sale of realty
• § 2004 — Sale of personalty generally
• § 2005 — Appraisal of goods taken on execution
• § 2006 — Execution against revenue officer
• § 2007 — Imprisonment for debt
• § 2041 — Deposit of moneys in pending or adjudicated cases
• § 2042 — Withdrawal
• § 2043 — Deposit of other moneys
• § 2044 — Payment of fine with bond money
• § 2045 — Investment of court registry funds
• § 2071 — Rule-making power generally
• § 2072 — Rules of procedure and evidence; power to prescribe
• § 2073 — Rules of procedure and evidence; method of prescribing
• § 2074 — Rules of procedure and evidence; submission to Congress; effective date
• § 2075 — Bankruptcy rules
• § 2076 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–702, title IV, § 401(c), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4650]
• § 2077 — Publication of rules; advisory committees
• § 2101 — Supreme Court; time for appeal or certiorari; docketing; stay
• § 2102 — Priority of criminal case on appeal from State court
• § 2103 — Repealed. Pub. L. 100–352, § 5(c), June 27, 1988, 102 Stat. 663]
• § 2104 — Reviews of State court decisions
• § 2105 — Scope of review; abatement
• § 2106 — Determination
• § 2107 — Time for appeal to court of appeals
• § 2108 — Proof of amount in controversy
• § 2109 — Quorum of Supreme Court justices absent
• § 2110 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 136, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 41]
• § 2111 — Harmless error
• § 2112 — Record on review and enforcement of agency orders
• § 2113 — Definition
• § 2201 — Creation of remedy
• § 2202 — Further relief
• § 2241 — Power to grant writ
• § 2242 — Application
• § 2243 — Issuance of writ; return; hearing; decision
• § 2244 — Finality of determination
• § 2245 — Certificate of trial judge admissible in evidence
• § 2246 — Evidence; depositions; affidavits
• § 2247 — Documentary evidence
• § 2248 — Return or answer; conclusiveness
• § 2249 — Certified copies of indictment, plea and judgment; duty of respondent
• § 2250 — Indigent petitioner entitled to documents without cost
• § 2251 — Stay of State court proceedings
• § 2252 — Notice
• § 2253 — Appeal
• § 2254 — State custody; remedies in Federal courts
• § 2255 — Federal custody; remedies on motion attacking sentence
• § 2256 — Omitted]
• § 2261 — Prisoners in State custody subject to capital sentence; appointment of counsel; requirement of rule of court or statute; procedures for appointment
• § 2262 — Mandatory stay of execution; duration; limits on stays of execution; successive petitions
• § 2263 — Filing of habeas corpus application; time requirements; tolling rules
• § 2264 — Scope of Federal review; district court adjudications
• § 2265 — Certification and judicial review
• § 2266 — Limitation periods for determining applications and motions
• § 2281, — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–381, §§ 1, 2, Aug. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 1119]
• § 2283 — Stay of State court proceedings
• § 2284 — Three-judge court; when required; composition; procedure
• § 2321 — Judicial review of Board’s orders and decisions; procedure generally; process
• § 2322 — United States as party
• § 2323 — Duties of Attorney General; intervenors
• § 2324, — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–584, § 7, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1918]
• § 2341 — Definitions
• § 2342 — Jurisdiction of court of appeals
• § 2343 — Venue
• § 2344 — Review of orders; time; notice; contents of petition; service
• § 2345 — Prehearing conference
• § 2346 — Certification of record on review
• § 2347 — Petitions to review; proceedings
• § 2348 — Representation in proceeding; intervention
• § 2349 — Jurisdiction of the proceeding
• § 2350 — Review in Supreme Court on certiorari or certification
• § 2351 — Enforcement of orders by district courts
• § 2352 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–773, § 4, Nov. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 1323]
• § 2353 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 138, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 42]
• § 2361 — Process and procedure
• § 2401 — Time for commencing action against United States
• § 2402 — Jury trial in actions against United States
• § 2403 — Intervention by United States or a State; constitutional question
• § 2404 — Death of defendant in damage action
• § 2405 — Garnishment
• § 2406 — Credits in actions by United States; prior disallowance
• § 2407 — Delinquents for public money; judgment at return term; continuance
• § 2408 — Security not required of United States
• § 2409 — Partition actions involving United States
• § 2409a — Real property quiet title actions
• § 2410 — Actions affecting property on which United States has lien
• § 2411 — Interest
• § 2412 — Costs and fees
• § 2413 — Executions in favor of United States
• § 2414 — Payment of judgments and compromise settlements
• § 2415 — Time for commencing actions brought by the United States
• § 2416 — Time for commencing actions brought by the United States—Exclusions
• § 2461 — Mode of recovery
• § 2462 — Time for commencing proceedings
• § 2463 — Property taken under revenue law not re­pleviable
• § 2464 — Security; special bond
• § 2465 — Return of property to claimant; liability for wrongful seizure; attorney fees, costs, and interest
• § 2466 — Fugitive disentitlement
• § 2467 — Enforcement of foreign judgment
• § 2501 — Time for filing suit
• § 2502 — Aliens’ privilege to sue
• § 2503 — Proceedings generally
• § 2504 — Plaintiff’s testimony
• § 2505 — Trial before judges
• § 2506 — Interest of witness
• § 2507 — Calls and discovery
• § 2508 — Counterclaim or set-off; registration of judgment
• § 2509 — Congressional reference cases
• § 2510 — Referral of cases by Comptroller General
• § 2511 — Accounts of officers, agents or contractors
• § 2512 — Disbursing officers; relief
• § 2513 — Unjust conviction and imprisonment
• § 2514 — Forfeiture of fraudulent claims
• § 2515 — New trial; stay of judgment
• § 2516 — Interest on claims and judgments
• § 2517 — Payment of judgments
• § 2518 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 139(l), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 43]
• § 2519 — Conclusiveness of judgment
• § 2520 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–518, title II, § 207, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2414]
• § 2521 — Subpoenas and incidental powers
• § 2522 — Notice of appeal
• § 2536 — ESTABLISHMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CRIME UNIT AND OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CRIME UNIT.
• § 2537 — APPOINTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMPENSATION OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
• § 2538 — ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL.
• § 2601 — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 140, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 44]
• § 2631 — Persons entitled to commence a civil action
• § 2632 — Commencement of a civil action
• § 2633 — Procedure and fees
• § 2634 — Notice
• § 2635 — Filing of official documents
• § 2636 — Time for commencement of action
• § 2637 — Exhaustion of administrative remedies
• § 2638 — New grounds in support of a civil action
• § 2639 — Burden of proof; evidence of value
• § 2640 — Scope and standard of review
• § 2641 — Witnesses; inspection of documents
• § 2642 — Analysis of imported merchandise
• § 2643 — Relief
• § 2644 — Interest
• § 2645 — Decisions
• § 2646 — Retrial or rehearing
• § 2647 — Repealed. Pub. L. 98–620, title IV, § 402(29)(G), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3359]
• § 2671 — Definitions
• § 2672 — Administrative adjustment of claims
• § 2673 — Reports to Congress
• § 2674 — Liability of United States
• § 2675 — Disposition by federal agency as prerequisite; evidence
• § 2676 — Judgment as bar
• § 2677 — Compromise
• § 2678 — Attorney fees; penalty
• § 2679 — Exclusiveness of remedy
• § 2680 — Exceptions
• § 2710 — Right of attachment
• § 2711 — Application for warrant
• § 2712 — Issue of warrant
• § 2713 — Trial of ownership of property
• § 2714 — Investment of proceeds of attached property
• § 2715 — Publication
• § 2716 — Personal notice
• § 2717 — Discharge
• § 2718 — Interest on balances due department
• § 2901 — Repealed. Pub. L. 106–310, div. B, title XXXIV, § 3405(c)(1), Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1221]
• § 3001 — Applicability of chapter
• § 3002 — Definitions
• § 3003 — Rules of construction
• § 3004 — Service of process; enforcement; notice
• § 3005 — Application of chapter to judgments
• § 3006 — Affidavit requirements
• § 3007 — Perishable personal property
• § 3008 — Proceedings before United States magistrate judges
• § 3009 — United States marshals’ authority to designate keeper
• § 3010 — Co-owned property
• § 3011 — Assessment of surcharge on a debt
• § 3012 — Joinder of additional defendant
• § 3013 — Modification or protective order; supervision of enforcement
• § 3014 — Exempt property
• § 3015 — Discovery as to debtor’s financial condition
• § 3101 — Prejudgment remedies
• § 3102 — Attachment
• § 3103 — Receivership
• § 3104 — Garnishment
• § 3105 — Sequestration
• § 3201 — Judgment liens
• § 3202 — Enforcement of judgments
• § 3203 — Execution
• § 3204 — Installment payment order
• § 3205 — Garnishment
• § 3206 — Discharge
• § 3301 — Definitions
• § 3302 — Insolvency
• § 3303 — Value for transfer or obligation
• § 3304 — Transfer fraudulent as to a debt to the United States
• § 3305 — When transfer is made or obligation is incurred
• § 3306 — Remedies of the United States
• § 3307 — Defenses, liability, and protection of trans­feree
• § 3308 — Supplementary provision
• § 3701 — Definitions
• § 3702 — Unlawful sports gambling
• § 3703 — Injunctions
• § 3704 — Applicability
• § 3901 — Civil actions
• § 3902 — Judicial review of regulations
• § 3903 — Effect of failure to issue regulations
• § 3904 — Expedited review of certain appeals
• § 3905 — Attorney’s fees and interest
• § 3906 — Payments
• § 3907 — Other judicial review prohibited
• § 3908 — Definitions
• § 4001 — Assumption of contractual obligations related to transfers of rights in motion pictures
• § 4101 — Definitions
• § 4102 — Recognition of foreign defamation judgments
• § 4103 — Removal
• § 4104 — Declaratory judgments
• § 4105 — Attorneys’ fees
• § 5001 — Civil action for death or personal injury in a place subject to exclusive jurisdiction of United States
• § 5931 — SHORT TITLE.
• § 5932 — FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
• § 5933 — DEFINITIONS.
• § 5934 — PROTECTING COVERED INFORMATION IN PUBLIC RECORDS.
• § 5935 — TRAINING AND EDUCATION.
• § 5936 — VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY.
• § 5937 — RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
• § 5938 — SEVERABILITY.
• § 5939 — EFFECTIVE DATE.