# Justice Manual § 5-11.104: Responsibility for Case Development and Prosecution

> Federal · Agency guidance · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S5-11.104

## Section

- **Citation:** Justice Manual § 5-11.104
- **Heading:** Responsibility for Case Development and Prosecution
- **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 § 5-11.104

## Text

United States Attorneys' Offices have responsibility for the investigation and prosecution of environmental crimes within their own districts and the Environmental Crimes Section has responsibility for the investigation and prosecution of environmental crimes on a nationwide basis. Cooperation and consultation between United States Attorneys' Offices and ECS can make the most effective use of the Department's resources. Close coordination is particularly vital in cases that involve national initiatives, present novel issues of law (including the first case under a statute, provision, or regulation), involve simultaneous investigations in multiple districts, involve international or foreign policy implications, or are of an urgent or sensitive nature. Often the United States Attorneys' Offices and ECS work jointly on cases. When a United States Attorney's Office and ECS work jointly on a case, the responsibility for that case shall be shared by those two offices, in which case the two offices shall work and act together through consultation and agreement. Neither office shall enter into a case being handled solely by the other except by mutual consent.

[cited in
JM 5-11.110
]

[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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