Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73
§7265 Contempt authority; assistance to the Court
Title 38 › Part PART V— - BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES › Chapter CHAPTER 72— - UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - PROCEDURE › § 7265
Summary
The Court can fine or jail for contempt when someone misbehaves in or near court, when court officers misbehave on duty, or when someone refuses to follow its lawful orders. The Court can get the same help a U.S. court can to enforce orders, and the U.S. marshal must attend sessions if the chief judge asks.
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Title 38, §7265
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(a)The Court shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment such contempt of its authority as—
(1)misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;
(2)misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions; or
(3)disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.
(b)The Court shall have such assistance in the carrying out of its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command as is available to a court of the United States. The United States marshal for a district in which the Court is sitting shall, if requested by the chief judge of the Court, attend any session of the Court in that district.
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38 U.S.C. § 7265
Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73