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IN THE MATTER OF THE )
8 DISPOSITION OF ) GENERAL ORDER NO. 2006-04
SURRENDERED DOMESTIC )
9 AND FOREIGN PASSPORTS )
UPON CONVICTION )
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12 The Office of General Counsel at the Administrative Office of the United States
13 Courts, in consultation with the United States State Department has recommended
14 that passports that are surrendered as a condition of release be returned to the State
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17 Under 22 CFR 51.9, a passport remains the property of the United States and
18 shall be returned to the Government “upon demand.” A revised policy promulgated
19 by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts June 2005, includes updated
20 procedures for the return of domestic passports upon conviction, as well as
21 procedures for the return of foreign passports to the proper authorities.
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1 IT IS ORDERED that, unless otherwise directed by the Court, domestic
2 passports surrendered to the United States Pretrial Services Office as a condition of
3 release shall be returned to the United States State Department upon conviction.
4 Unless otherwise directed by the Court, foreign passports surrendered as a condition
5 of release, shall be forwarded to the appropriate field office of Immigration and
6 Customs Enforcement (ICE) Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) upon
7 conviction. W here the case is dismissed or results in an acquittal, the passport shall
8 be returned to the defendant upon receipt of the notice of dismissal or acquittal. This
9 General Order supplants Special Order Number 92, which was filed and entered by
10 this Court on March 14, 1996.
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14 DATED this 18 th day of April, 2006.
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17 PHILIP M. PRO
Chief United States District Judge
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