2012 US Code
Title 28 - Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Part I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS (§§ 1 - 482)
Chapter 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS (§§ 471 - 482)
Section 474 - Review of district court action
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 28 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE PART I - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS CHAPTER 23 - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS Sec. 474 - Review of district court action |
Contains | section 474 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 101-650, title I, §103(a), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5093; amended Pub. L. 102-198, §2(2), Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1623. |
Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 5093 105 Stat. 1623 |
Public Law References | Public Law 101-650, Public Law 102-198 |
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(a)(1) The chief judge of each district court in a circuit and the chief judge of the circuit shall, as a committee—
(A) review each plan and report submitted pursuant to section 472(d) of this title; and
(B) make such suggestions for additional actions or modified actions of that district court as the committee considers appropriate for reducing cost and delay in civil litigation in the district court.
(2) The chief judge of a circuit may designate another judge of the court of appeals of that circuit, and the chief judge of a district court may designate another judge of such court, to perform that chief judge's responsibilities under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(b) The Judicial Conference of the United States—
(1) shall review each plan and report submitted by a district court pursuant to section 472(d) of this title; and
(2) may request the district court to take additional action if the Judicial Conference determines that such court has not adequately responded to the conditions relevant to the civil and criminal dockets of the court or to the recommendations of the district court's advisory group.
(Added Pub. L. 101–650, title I, §103(a), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5093; amended Pub. L. 102–198, §2(2), Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1623.)
Amendments1991—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–198, §2(2)(A), substituted “chief judge” for “chief judges” and struck out “court of appeals for such” after “judge of the” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–198, §2(2)(B), substituted “circuit may designate another judge of the court of appeals of that circuit,” for “court of appeals” and “court, to perform that” for “court to perform the”.
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