# Justice Manual § 5-11.103: Notice of Case Initiation

> Federal · Agency guidance · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.103

## Section

- **Citation:** Justice Manual § 5-11.103
- **Heading:** Notice of Case Initiation
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** DOJ Justice Manual / Title 5: ENRD / 5-11.000 - Environmental Crimes / Justice Manual § 5-11.103

## Text

When a United States Attorney's Office opens a file for an environmental case or matter, the Office should enter the case or matter in the Department's electronic case tracking system and identify the case type as "environmental." If the case or matter involves a potential environmental crime, but is not identified as "environmental" in the case tracking system (for example, because of data entry limitations), that office should inform the Environmental Crimes Section by telephone or by electronic mail. This notice by the United States Attorney's Office allows ECS to better coordinate efforts nationwide (for example, by being able to alert the United States Attorney's Office that the same defendant is being prosecuted or the same issues are arising in another district) and to be prepared to provide support, if necessary, to the United States Attorney's Office. When ECS opens a file on a case or matter, the Section will notify the United States Attorney's Office for the district in which the crime is alleged to have occurred.

[Updated April 2018]

## Nearby sections

- [Justice Manual § 5-11.101 Categories of Litigation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.101.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.102 Other Criminal Provisions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.102.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.103 Notice of Case Initiation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.103.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.104 Responsibility for Case Development and Prosecution](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.104.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.105 Community Service Payments in Environmental Crimes Cases](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.105.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.106 Foreign Vessel Matters; MOTR Protocols](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.106.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.107 Other ECS Functions: Policy-Making; Support; Exchanging Case Information; Information and Guidance Clearinghouse](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.107.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.108 Notification of Case Resolutions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.108.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.109 Voluntary Dismissals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.109.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.110 Declinations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.110.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.111 Staffing](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.111.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.112 Parallel Proceedings](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.112.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.113 Coordination with State Programs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.113.md)
- [Justice Manual § 5-11.114 Individual and Corporate Defendants](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.114.md)

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