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An order granting or denying a motion may be appealed

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

An order granting or denying a motion may be appealed

The document says “can”Who acts: United States district courts, United States courts of appealsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“An order granting or denying a motion under this section may be appealed in accordance with section 1291 of title 28.”

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, Sec. 2

Either outcome is appealable, in accordance with section 1291 of title 28, United States Code. That statute is not indexed here, so nothing is recorded about the route it sets out.

What the document actually says

“An order granting or denying a motion under this section may be appealed in accordance with section 1291 of title 28.”

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

A yes or a no from the judge can be taken to a higher court.

What this is about

The rules for that come from another law. This part just says the door is open. Both sides can use it.

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  1. The document itself

    Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, Public Law 119-73, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 2003 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ73/html/PLAW-119publ73.htm

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    “An order granting or denying a motion may be appealed,” Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/trafficking-survivors-relief-act/proposal/sec02-appeal/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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