§ 77.11 - Enforcement of this part.  


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  • (a) Exclusive enforcement by Attorney General. The Attorney General shall have exclusive authority over this part and any violations of it, except as provided in § 77.12. Allegations of violations of this part shall be reviewed exclusively by the Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department of Justice and shall be addressed when appropriate as matters of attorney discipline by the Department. The Office of Professional Responsibility shall review any complaint alleging a violation of this part made by a state or federal judge, bar disciplinary board, official, or ethics committee, or by any other person or entity. The findings of the Attorney General or her designee as to an attorney's compliance or non-compliance with this part shall be final and conclusive except insofar as the attorney for the government is afforded a right of review by other provisions of law.

    (b) No private remedies. This part is not intended to and does not create substantive rights on behalf of criminal or civil defendants, targets or subjects of investigations, witnesses, counsel for represented parties or represented persons, or any other person other than an attorney for the government, and shall not be a basis for dismissing criminal or civil charges or proceedings against represented parties or for excluding relevant evidence in any proceeding in any court of the United States.