context: Even assuming arguendo that the arrests did violate the Mansfield Amendment, moreover, suppression of defendants' subsequent statements is nonetheless unwarranted. The Mansfield Amendment is silent as to remedies for its breach, and no court has ever implied a remedy for a defendant alleging its violation.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: "There is no presumption or general rule that for every duty imposed upon the court or the Government and its prosecutors there must exist some corollary punitive sanction for departures or omissions, even if negligent."
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Zabaneh, 837 F.2d 1249, 1261 (5th Cir.1988) (“Congress has not provided sanctions or penalties by way of relief for persons arrested in contravention of § 2291(c)(1).”), cited in Mejia, 448 F.3d at 444; United States v. Bridgewater, 175 F.Supp.2d 141, 146 (D.P.R.2001) (“The Mansfield Amendment regulates government action prescriptively; it does not provide repercussions for violations of the Amendment.”); see also United States v. Montalvo-Murillo, 495 U.S. 711, 717, 110 S.Ct. 2072, 109 L.Ed.2d 720 (1990) (“There is no presumption or general rule that for every duty imposed upon the court or the Government and its prosecutors there must exist some corollary punitive sanction for departures or omissions, even if negligent.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 837 F.2d 1249, 1261
citation_b.parenthetical: "Congress has not provided sanctions or penalties by way of relief for persons arrested in contravention of SS 2291(c
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Zabaneh, 837 F.2d 1249, 1261 (5th Cir.1988) (“Congress has not provided sanctions or penalties by way of relief for persons arrested in contravention of § 2291(c)(1).”), cited in Mejia, 448 F.3d at 444; United States v. Bridgewater, 175 F.Supp.2d 141, 146 (D.P.R.2001) (“The Mansfield Amendment regulates government action prescriptively; it does not provide repercussions for violations of the Amendment.”); see also United States v. Montalvo-Murillo, 495 U.S. 711, 717, 110 S.Ct. 2072, 109 L.Ed.2d 720 (1990) (“There is no presumption or general rule that for every duty imposed upon the court or the Government and its prosecutors there must exist some corollary punitive sanction for departures or omissions, even if negligent.”).