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28 U.S.C. § 475 — Periodic district court assessment
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After developing or selecting a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan, each United States district court shall assess annually the condition of the court’s civil and criminal dockets with a view to determining appropriate additional actions that may be taken by the court to reduce cost and delay in civil litigation and to improve the litigation management practices of the court. In performing such assessment, the court shall consult with an advisory group appointed in accordance with [section 478 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section478&num=0&edition=prelim).
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After developing or selecting a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan, each United States district court shall assess annually the condition of the court’s civil and criminal dockets with a view to determining appropriate additional actions that may be taken by the court to reduce cost and delay in civil litigation and to improve the litigation management practices of the court. In performing such assessment, the court shall consult with an advisory group appointed in accordance with [section 478 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section478&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** Within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the advisory group required in each United States district court in accordance with [section 472 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section472&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be appointed by the chief judge of each district court, after consultation with the other judges of such court.
**(b)** The advisory group of a district court shall be balanced and include attorneys and other persons who are representative of major categories of litigants in such court, as determined by the chief judge of such court.
**(c)** Subject to subsection (d), in no event shall any member of the advisory group serve longer than four years.
**(d)** Notwithstanding subsection (c), the United States Attorney for a judicial district, or his or her designee, shall be a permanent member of the advisory group for that district court.
**(e)** The chief judge of a United States district court may designate a reporter for each advisory group, who may be compensated in accordance with guidelines established by the Judicial Conference of the United States.
**(f)** The members of an advisory group of a United States district court and any person designated as a reporter for such group shall be considered as independent contractors of such court when in the performance of official duties of the advisory group and may not, solely by reason of service on or for the advisory group, be prohibited from practicing law before such court.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 474
case to a neutral court representative selected
by the court at a nonbinding conference con-
ducted early in the litigation;
(5) a requirement that, upon notice by the
court, representatives of the parties with au-
thority to bind them in settlement discussions
be present or available by telephone during
any settlement conference; and
(6) such other features as the district court
considers appropriate after considering the
recommendations of the advisory group re-
ferred to in section 472(a) of this title.
(c) Nothing in a civil justice expense and delay
reduction plan relating to the settlement au-
thority provisions of this section shall alter or
conflict with the authority of the Attorney Gen-
eral to conduct litigation on behalf of the
United States, or any delegation of the Attorney
General.
(Added Pub. L. 101–650, title I, § 103(a), Dec. 1,
1990, 104 Stat. 5091.)
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The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, referred to in
subsec. (a)(3)(B), are set out in the Appendix to this
title.
§ 474. Review of district court action
(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 ac-
tions or modified actions of that district court
as the committee considers appropriate for re-
ducing 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 cir-
cuit, and the chief judge of a district court may
designate another judge of such court, to per-
form that chief judge’s responsibiliti
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