[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC1442a]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
CHAPTER 89--DISTRICT COURTS; REMOVAL OF CASES FROM STATE COURTS
Sec. 1442a. Members of armed forces sued or prosecuted
A civil or criminal prosecution in a court of a State of the United
States against a member of the armed forces of the United States on
account of an act done under color of his office or status, or in
respect to which he claims any right, title, or authority under a law of
the United States respecting the armed forces thereof, or under the law
of war, may at any time before the trial or final hearing thereof be
removed for trial into the district court of the United States for the
district where it is pending in the manner prescribed by law, and it
shall thereupon be entered on the docket of the district court, which
shall p
