How long can a United States citizen be held in federal prison without a trial in the state of Pennsylvania?

It would be extremely unusual for a person to be in federal custody for 5 years awaiting trial. There is a Speedy Trial Act that requires that a...

Motion?

A state sentence cannot be served in federal custody.

I would like to close a Federal court case how would I go about doing that?

If you mean you want to expunge your conviction, there is no way to do that with a federal conviction.

28 USC 455 is the statute which calls for disqualification of a judge. But the fact that you don't like a judge's rulings is not a basis to...

The ICE hold means that even if he is released by the federal court, he will be turned over to ICE. But if he subject to deportation, it is...

In Texas there a certain amount of drugs one has to be caught with in order for the Feds to step in?

No, that's not true. If the feds are taking the case, it probably means they are building a conspiracy case involving a number of defendants. There...

I took a plea in 2014 for two felonies. Shouldn’t that be the date on a background check?

Background checks pull up a lot of information. That is not the date of conviction. It could be the date something got filed, like discharge from...

Who to call? An application for successive 2255 was filled. No word back.

An application for a second or successive 2255 has to be sent to the court of appeals. If the case is from MO that would be the 8th Circuit. I...

There is no way to know what charges the feds are contemplating. He will find out the charges when the indictment is filed in court. At that time,...

A judge can certainly consider your prior record, including your juvenile record. The fact they are separate courts is irrelevant. What is more...