Locate U.S. Marshals Releases

U.S. Marshals Release Paths

USMS custody commonly covers federal pretrial detention, court movements, and transport. The agency can house a person in a partner county or contract facility without making that location a federal prison. A Maverick County Jail record marked transferred to USMS means sheriff custody ended and federal custody began. It does not mean the person walked free.

The next event may be release under a federal court order, continued pretrial detention, movement to another partner facility, sentencing and designation to the Bureau of Prisons, or delivery to another authority. Each outcome has a different source. The federal docket records judicial action, while USMS or the holding custodian records physical detention and movement.

Confirm U.S. Marshals Release

There is no public nationwide USMS detainee search. Start with PACER, the federal judiciary's docket system. Federal cases arising around Eagle Pass generally belong to the Western District of Texas. Search the correct person and case, then read the detention order, release order, hearing entries, judgment, commitment, and later revocation entries. PACER registration and per-page charges may apply under current federal policy.

The docket can show what the judge ordered but may not identify the exact minute a partner jail completed release or transport. Contact defense counsel or the court for case status. For the physical custody record, send a focused request to USMS or ask the named holding facility for the existing record it controls.

1. Obtain the federal case number and exact defendant identity.
2. Read PACER entries in date order for detention, release, sentencing, or revocation.
3. Check whether the docket names a custodian or destination.
4. Contact counsel or the court when the public entries are unclear.
5. Request targeted USMS records for the remaining custody fact.

U.S. Marshals Custody Records

A useful FOIA request is narrow. Include full name and aliases, date of birth or approximate age, federal case number, USMS prisoner number if known, arresting district, and a limited date range. Ask for existing records that show admission to USMS custody, custody location, transfers, and the recorded end of custody. Do not ask the agency to create a new analysis or answer broad questions.

Privacy and law-enforcement exemptions may limit disclosure, especially in an active case. Protected identifiers and sensitive operational information may be redacted. A denial or partial response does not change what the court docket says, and a court order does not replace the agency's physical movement record. Keep the two sources distinct.

Pretrial custody

Detention before final judgment in the federal case.

Writ

A court order that can require a person's presence or temporary transfer.

Designation

The BOP process of assigning a sentenced person to an institution.

Supervised release

Federal court supervision after imprisonment, not TDCJ parole.

Maverick Federal Transfer Record

Before tracing the federal leg, obtain the sending record. The Maverick County open-records email is openrecords@co.maverick.tx.us. Request the existing booking/release sheet, jail card, or custody-history printout and specify the release date, time, type, transferring agency, and destination. A narrow date range and precise identifiers reduce namesake risk.

The official county request page is the source for this local record. If the record simply says “federal” without naming USMS, compare the case number and docket dates before selecting a federal system. ICE civil custody, USMS pretrial custody, and BOP sentenced custody are not interchangeable.

U.S. Marshals Contact Records

USMS publishes a Freedom of Information Act route for agency records. It is not a detainee locator and may not be the fastest way to resolve an active case. The court, defense counsel, and docket often provide quicker public confirmation of detention and release orders, while FOIA is suited to a defined existing agency record.

Maverick County Jail is listed at 1051 Balboa-Jones Memorial Boulevard, Eagle Pass, Texas 78852, telephone 830-773-2321. That office can address its own release or transfer entry, not later federal movements.

USMS and BOP Release Differences

The Bureau of Prisons locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. A released result usually shows “Released” with a release date. That is evidence about the BOP custody episode. It does not prove that the person had no later state, immigration, or local custody, and it does not describe the earlier USMS pretrial period in full.

Read “Not in BOP custody” literally. The person might be in USMS pretrial detention, with another sovereign, on home confinement, released, transferred, or outside locator coverage. Search the BOP Inmate Locator after a federal sentence or known designation, not as the sole test for a recent USMS transfer. Federal supervised release is imposed through the federal court and probation system, not the Texas parole system.

USMS Immigration Custody Boundaries

A USMS transfer and an ICE transfer may both follow a local jail episode, but they refer to different authority. USMS handles federal criminal detention and transport. ICE operates civil immigration custody. If the county record names ICE, use ODLS and ERO channels. If it names USMS, follow the federal criminal docket and agency record.

The 2008 ICE review of Maverick County Jail is historical only. It neither identifies present USMS placement nor proves a current ICE contract. Current location should come from the responsible agency. Old inspection material cannot replace a dated transfer record, live eligible locator result, or court order.

Maverick Federal Custody Limits

No BOP institution was identified in Maverick County. USMS and ICE can use partner custody and transfers, so a person's physical location cannot be inferred from the county where the case began. A Western District of Texas case may involve several facilities over time. Use the docket and responsible agency for the date being checked.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards historically lists the Maverick County jail at 250 beds, but that capacity snapshot is not a federal release count. Contract prisoners may be categorized differently in population reports. Occupancy cannot establish the disposition of a named person. The release or transfer record remains the key fact.

The full Maverick County release-record path can help identify the sending event. Then continue in the federal system. Never treat disappearance from a current county list, a blank BOP result, or a stale docket entry as stand-alone proof of release.