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U.S. Code as of:
01/03/05
Section 1532. Establishment of removal court
(a) Designation of judges
The Chief Justice of the United States shall publicly designate 5
district court judges from 5 of the United States judicial circuits
who shall constitute a court that shall have jurisdiction to
conduct all removal proceedings. The Chief Justice may, in the
Chief Justice's discretion, designate the same judges under this
section as are designated pursuant to section 103(a) of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a)).
(b) Terms
Each judge designated under subsection (a) of this section shall
serve for a term of 5 years and shall be eligible for
redesignation, except that of the members first designated -
(1) 1 member shall serve for a term of 1 year;
(2) 1 member shall serve for a term of 2 years;
(3) 1 member shall serve for a term of 3 years; and
(4) 1 member shall serve for a term of 4 years.
(c) Chief judge
(1) Designation
The Chief Justice shall publicly designate one of the judges of
the removal court to be the chief judge of the removal court.
(2) Responsibilities
The chief judge shall -
(A) promulgate rules to facilitate the functioning of the
removal court; and
(B) assign the consideration of cases to the various judges
on the removal court.
(d) Expeditious and confidential nature of proceedings
The provisions of section 103(c) of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(c)) shall apply to removal
proceedings in the same manner as they apply to proceedings under
that Act [50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.].
(e) Establishment of panel of special attorneys
The removal court shall provide for the designation of a panel of
attorneys each of whom -
(1) has a security clearance which affords the attorney access
to classified information, and
(2) has agreed to represent permanent resident aliens with
respect to classified information under section 1534(e)(3) of
this title in accordance with (and subject to the penalties
under) this subchapter.
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