Civil suit after ordered federal mandatory victim restitution.

Every federal appellate court has held that a district court has the authority to stay a civil action pending the resolution of a criminal action...

There is not time limit set by statute or rule of procedure for a US district judge to rule on a habeas corpus petition filed by a state inmate...

I was charged with wire fraud (1343) in 2/2009. Served 5 years. 6/2014. I have proof of my innocence?

Your only remedy at this point is a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. ...

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What can I do now that I have a federal warrent for fta

Retain an attorney who is experienced in representing clients in federal supervised release matters immediately to arrange your surrender to your...

What happens if a federal court rules a law unconstitutional and a state fails to follow the federal court ruling?

If a state attempts to enforce one of its laws that a federal court has found to be unconstitutional, the federal government will intervene and...

Went to FED trial. 7 charges. 4 acquitted, 3 hung, then mistrial. Back on pretrial release. What are they doing?

18 U.S.C. § 3161(e) requires that a federal criminal case be re-tried, after a mistrial is declared, within 70 days from the "action occasioning...

What's the best way to get back my money after postal inspection services and the cops took it?

Any federal law enforcement agency that seizes a person's property, with very limited exceptions, must initiate an administrative forfeiture action...

DEA will continue to investigate you unless and until they have enough evidence to charge you with a crime or the agents decide that you have done...

Can you get sentence reduction promise through rule 35 before you give information to government & file motion 35 after a year?

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) authorizes a district court, only upon a motion by the government, to reduce a defendant's sentence in...

NJ - Does a defendant typically know there will be a grand jury proceeding against him?

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e) requires grand jury proceedings and transcripts to remain secret except under very limited circumstances,...