{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-1654","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 1654","heading":"Appearance personally or by counsel","body":"In all courts of the United States the parties may plead and conduct their own cases personally or by counsel as, by the rules of such courts, respectively, are permitted to manage and conduct causes therein.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 111—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"8c9ad5b37d9bf7eda4ac1538e076277c33bc717047a0026eddafb79be542ea9a","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-1653","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-1655"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}