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28 U.S.C. § 140 — Adjournment
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**(a)** Any district court may, by order made anywhere within its district, adjourn or, with the consent of the judicial council of the circuit, pretermit any regular session of court for insufficient business or other good cause.
**(b)** If the judge of a district court is unable to attend and unable to make an order of adjournment, the clerk may adjourn the court to the next regular session or to any earlier day which he may determine.
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**(a)** Any district court may, by order made anywhere within its district, adjourn or, with the consent of the judicial council of the circuit, pretermit any regular session of court for insufficient business or other good cause.
**(b)** If the judge of a district court is unable to attend and unable to make an order of adjournment, the clerk may adjourn the court to the next regular session or to any earlier day which he may determine.
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Oklahoma is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Northern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Oklahoma.
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Indiana is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 140
ent and plant variety protection cases among the
district judges of the district courts so designated;
‘‘(B) an analysis of the extent to which the pro-
gram has improved the efficiency of the courts in-
volved by reason of such expertise;
‘‘(C) with respect to patent cases handled by the
judges designated pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A)
and judges not so designated, a comparison between
the 2 groups of judges with respect to—
‘‘(i) the rate of reversal by the Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit, of such cases on the
issues of claim construction and substantive pat-
ent law; and
‘‘(ii) the period of time elapsed from the date on
which a case is filed to the date on which trial be-
gins or summary judgment is entered;
‘‘(D) a discussion of any evidence indicating that
litigants select certain of the judicial districts des-
ignated under subsection (b) in an attempt to en-
sure a given outcome; and
‘‘(E) an analysis of whether the pilot program
should be extended to other district courts, or
should be made permanent and apply to all district
courts.
‘‘(2) TIMETABLE FOR REPORTS.—The times referred
to in paragraph (1) are—
‘‘(A) not later than the date that is 5 years and 3
months after the end of the 6-month period de-
scribed in subsection (b); and
‘‘(B) not later than 5 years after the date de-
scribed in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(3) PERIODIC REPORTS.—The Director of the Admin-
istrative Office of the United States Courts, in con-
sultation with the chief judge of each of the district
courts designated under subsection (b) and the Direc-
tor of the Federal Judicial Center, shall keep the
committees referred to in paragraph (1) informed, on
a periodic basis while the pilot program is in effec
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