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28 U.S.C. § 476 — Enhancement of judicial information dissemination
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**(a)** The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall prepare a semiannual report, available to the public, that discloses for each judicial officer—
(1) the number of motions that have been pending for more than six months and the name of each case in which such motion has been pending;
(2) the number of bench trials that have been submitted for more than six months and the name of each case in which such trials are under submission; and
(3) the number and names of cases that have not been terminated within three years after filing.
**(b)** To ensure uniformity of reporting, the standards for categorization or characterization of judicial actions to be prescribed in accordance with [section 481 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section481&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to the semiannual report prepared under subsection (a).
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**(a)** The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall prepare a semiannual report, available to the public, that discloses for each judicial officer—
(1) the number of motions that have been pending for more than six months and the name of each case in which such motion has been pending;
(2) the number of bench trials that have been submitted for more than six months and the name of each case in which such trials are under submission; and
(3) the number and names of cases that have not been terminated within three years after filing.
**(b)** To ensure uniformity of reporting, the standards for categorization or characterization of judicial actions to be prescribed in accordance with [section 481 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section481&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to the semiannual report prepared under subsection (a).
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**(a)** The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall ensure that each United States district court has the automated capability readily to retrieve information about the status of each case in such court.
**(b)**
(1) In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall prescribe—
(A) the information to be recorded in district court automated systems; and
(B) standards for uniform categorization or characterization of judicial actions for the purpose of recording information on judicial actions in the district court automated systems.
(2) The uniform standards prescribed under paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection shall include a definition of what constitutes a dismissal of a case and standards for measuring the period for which a motion has been pending.
**(c)** Each United States district court shall record information as prescribed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
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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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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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