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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 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 proceed as
if the cause had been originally commenced therein and shall have
full power to hear and determine the cause.
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