Serving time in state pen. still on Fed. post prison, after he finishes time in state, will he have fed time to do for it also?

Based on the facts that you describe, the Government likely has lodged a federal detainer with the state prison at which your friend is...

Can lower Federal charge be expunged or reduced to a misdemeanor? I was charge with bribery in PA on 2001

There is no means under current federal law to expunge a federal conviction. - Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq., National Federal Defense Group.

Can a federal inmate or a inmate released to a halfway house to finish his sentence be sued in a civil court?

An inmate's custodial status is not relevant to whether he or she may be named as a party in a civil action. - Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq.,...

Federal appeal question

A Notice of Appeal must be filed in the trial court within 14 days from the order denying the reduction, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate...

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Will I know the true bill?

Federal grand jury proceedings are secret unless the Government elects to allow the defendant an opportunity to testify in his or her own defense....

With PRO SE motion of Federal Reduction 3582 (c )(2) do you have to attach an ORDER for the judge to sign?

Each district court has its own requirements about whether a proposed order should be submitted with a motion; some courts require a proposed...

Pending case in Federal Court

The US Marshals Service entered your arrest into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database either upon your being arrested and held in...

A judgment in a criminal case may not be amended—except under limited circumstances not in reference to the issue of restitution—more than 14 days...

If the agency tasked with executing the warrant entered it into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, the outstanding arrest...

Wire fraud

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32 requires that a defendant be sentenced "without unnecessary delay," but there is no real remedy for a...