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Title 28
Part V
Chapter 127
§ 2006. Execution against revenu...
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§ 2007.
Imprisonment for debt
(a)
A person shall not be imprisoned for debt on a writ of execution or other process issued from a court of the United States in any State wherein imprisonment for debt has been abolished. All modifications, conditions, and restrictions upon such imprisonment provided by State law shall apply to any writ of execution or process issued from a court of the United States in accordance with the procedure applicable in such State.
(b)
Any person arrested or imprisoned in any State on a writ of execution or other process issued from any court of the United States in a civil action shall have the same jail privileges and be governed by the same regulations as persons confined in like cases on process issued from the courts of such State. The same requirements governing discharge as are applicable in such State shall apply. Any proceedings for discharge shall be conducted before a United States magistrate judge for the judicial district wherein the defendant is held.
(
June 25, 1948, ch. 646
,
62 Stat. 960
;
Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2)
,
Oct. 17, 1968
,
82 Stat. 1118
;
Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321
,
Dec. 1, 1990
,
104 Stat. 5117
.)
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28 USC 2007
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