US · guidance
Justice Manual § 9-118.800
Limitation
The Guidelines are not intended to, do not, and may not be relied upon to create or confer any rights, substantive or procedural, or any privileges or benefits that may be enforced in any way by any party in any manner, civil or criminal. No limitations are hereby intended or placed on otherwise lawful prerogatives of the Department.
History
[updated February 2019]
Provenance
- Source
- justice.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- jm-2026-09-20
- Content hash
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