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The court must allow time to cure a curable deficiency in the motion

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

The court must allow time to cure a curable deficiency in the motion

The document says “shallWho acts: United States district courtsHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“If the court denies a motion filed under paragraph (1) due to a curable deficiency in the motion, the court shall allow the movant sufficient time to cure the deficiency.”

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

Where the denial rests on a curable deficiency in the motion, the court is required to allow the movant sufficient time to cure it. This is one of the two exceptions to the finality of a denial.

What the document actually says

“If the court denies a motion filed under paragraph (1) due to a curable deficiency in the motion, the court shall allow the movant sufficient time to cure the deficiency.”

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

Say the judge says no because the ask had a flaw that can be fixed. Then the judge must give the person enough time to fix it.

What this is about

A small mistake in the papers should not end the case. The court has to allow time to put it right.

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