Do I have to file charges for money stolen from my bank by a relative?

The fraud has been committed. Whether to charge your relative is largely out of your hands now, especially if we're talking about federal...

How do I find out a court date for a inmate with a federal hold?

You can call the clerk with the Defendant's name, and they should be able to tell you. You can also sign up for a "PACER" account, which is the US...

If it was credited against any other sentence, that time cannot count against the federal sentence. If no other sentence consumed that time,...

Getting under a mandatory minimum sentence requires a motion under Section 3553(e). A 5K1.1 letter is usually a part of it, but the statutes...

No federal law yet, and Majority Leader McConnell has said no vote on the First Step Act...

Can I go to Mexico for 3 days if I am on federal probation? If I just leave withhout asking permission will my officer find out

If you go to Mexico without permission, you are setting yourself up for an arrest when you try to re-enter the country. Call the lawyer who...

How are out of state defendants sentenced: according to the laws of the state the crime occurred in or their home state?

In your example, offense in Maryland means punishment per Maryland's rules. An offenders "home state" is irrelevant to whether their conduct...

What is the next step when a federal appeal has been approved?

I'm not sure what you mean by his appeal has been "approved." If the Circuit Court (Fourth Circuit, I will guess from the above city), has agreed...

My brother is currently serving time in Federal prison. He has active felony warrants coming out of Nevada and Colorado.

File requests to prosecute under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers. The unit team at the prison will have the forms. Bon courage.

There typically has to be some change in facts, like diminishing health, for the BOP to change its initial designation. One at that prison, it...