18 USC § 3145 - Review and appeal of a release or detention order

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title: "18 USC § 3145 - Review and appeal of a release or detention order"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "3145"
section_name: "Review and appeal of a release or detention order"
chapter_number: 207
chapter_name: "RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 203(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1982; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title IX, § 902(c), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4827; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)"
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# § 3145. Review and appeal of a release or detention order

**(a)** **Review of a Release Order.—** If a person is ordered released by a magistrate judge, or by a person other than a judge of a court having original jurisdiction over the offense and other than a Federal appellate court—

The motion shall be determined promptly.

**(1)** the attorney for the Government may file, with the court having original jurisdiction over the offense, a motion for revocation of the order or amendment of the conditions of release; and

**(2)** the person may file, with the court having original jurisdiction over the offense, a motion for amendment of the conditions of release.

**(b)** **Review of a Detention Order.—** If a person is ordered detained by a magistrate judge, or by a person other than a judge of a court having original jurisdiction over the offense and other than a Federal appellate court, the person may file, with the court having original jurisdiction over the offense, a motion for revocation or amendment of the order. The motion shall be determined promptly.

**(c)** **Appeal From a Release or Detention Order.—** An appeal from a release or detention order, or from a decision denying revocation or amendment of such an order, is governed by the provisions of section 1291 of title 28 and section 3731 of this title. The appeal shall be determined promptly. A person subject to detention pursuant to section 3143(a)(2) or (b)(2), and who meets the conditions of release set forth in section 3143(a)(1) or (b)(1), may be ordered released, under appropriate conditions, by the judicial officer, if it is clearly shown that there are exceptional reasons why such person’s detention would not be appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 203(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1982; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title IX, § 902(c), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4827; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3145, , , provided cross references to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure for rules covering parties and witnesses, prior to repeal in the revision of this chapter by .

### Amendments

1990—Subsec. (c).  inserted at end “A person subject to detention pursuant to section 3143(a)(2) or (b)(2), and who meets the conditions of release set forth in section 3143(a)(1) or (b)(1), may be ordered released, under appropriate conditions, by the judicial officer, if it is clearly shown that there are exceptional reasons why such person’s detention would not be appropriate.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Words “magistrate judge” substituted for “magistrate” in subsecs. (a) and (b) pursuant to , set out as a note under , Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.