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28 U.S.C. § 479 — Information on litigation management and cost and delay reduction
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**(a)** Within four years after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare a comprehensive report on all plans received pursuant to [section 472(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section472/d&num=0&edition=prelim). The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make recommendations regarding such report to the Judicial Conference during the preparation of the report. The Judicial Conference shall transmit copies of the report to the United States district courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
**(b)** The Judicial Conference of the United States shall, on a continuing basis—
(1) study ways to improve litigation management and dispute resolution services in the district courts; and
(2) make recommendations to the district courts on ways to improve such services.
**(c)**
(1) The Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare, periodically revise, and transmit to the United States district courts a Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction. The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make recommendations regarding the preparation of and any subsequent revisions to the Manual.
(2) The Manual shall be developed after careful evaluation of the plans implemented under [section 472 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section472&num=0&edition=prelim), the demonstration program conducted under section 104 of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, and the pilot program conducted under se
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**(a)** Within four years after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare a comprehensive report on all plans received pursuant to [section 472(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section472/d&num=0&edition=prelim). The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make recommendations regarding such report to the Judicial Conference during the preparation of the report. The Judicial Conference shall transmit copies of the report to the United States district courts and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
**(b)** The Judicial Conference of the United States shall, on a continuing basis—
(1) study ways to improve litigation management and dispute resolution services in the district courts; and
(2) make recommendations to the district courts on ways to improve such services.
**(c)**
(1) The Judicial Conference of the United States shall prepare, periodically revise, and transmit to the United States district courts a Manual for Litigation Management and Cost and Delay Reduction. The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make recommendations regarding the preparation of and any subsequent revisions to the Manual.
(2) The Manual shall be developed after careful evaluation of the plans implemented under [section 472 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section472&num=0&edition=prelim), the demonstration program conducted under section 104 of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, and the pilot program conducted under section 105 of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990.
(3) The Manual shall contain a description and analysis of the litigation management, cost and delay reduction principles and techniques, and alternative dispute resolution programs considered most effective by the Judicial Conference, the Director of the Federal Judicial Center, and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
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There shall be implemented by each United States district court, in accordance with this chapter, a civil justice expense and delay reduction plan. The plan may be a plan developed by such district court or a model plan developed by the Judicial Conference of the United States. The purposes of each plan are to facilitate deliberate adjudication of civil cases on the merits, monitor discovery, improve litigation management, and ensure just, speedy, and inexpensive resolutions of civil disputes.
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**(a)** The civil justice expense and delay reduction plan implemented by a district court shall be developed or selected, as the case may be, after consideration of the recommendations of 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).
**(b)** The advisory group of a United States district court shall submit to the court a report, which shall be made available to the public and which shall include—
(1) an assessment of the matters referred to in subsection (c)(1);
(2) the basis for its recommendation that the district court develop a plan or select a model plan;
(3) recommended measures, rules and programs; and
(4) an explanation of the manner in which the recommended plan complies with [section 473 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section473&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)**
(1) In developing its recommendations, the advisory group of a district court shall promptly complete a thorough assessment of the state of the court’s civil and criminal dockets. In performing the assessment for a district court, the advisory group shall—
(A) determine the condition of the civil and criminal dockets;
(B) identify trends in case filings and in the demands being placed on the court’s resources;
(C) identify the principal causes of cost and delay in civil litigation, giving consideration to such potential causes as court procedures and the ways in which litigants and their attorneys approach and conduct litigation; and
(D) examine the extent to which costs and delays could be reduced by a better assessment of the impact of new legislation on the courts.
(2) In developing its recommendatio
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 481
(Added Pub. L. 101–650, title I, § 103(a), Dec. 1,
1990, 104 Stat. 5094.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 103(c) of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990
[Pub. L. 101–650], referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is set out
as a note under section 471 of this title.
§ 478. Advisory groups
(a) Within ninety days after the date of the en-
actment of this chapter, the advisory group re-
quired in each United States district court in
accordance with section 472 of this title 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 per-
sons 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 advi-
sory group, who may be compensated in accord-
ance 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 des-
ignated 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
c
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