Sec. 477. Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan
- (a)
- (1) Based on the plans developed and implemented by the United States
district courts designated as Early Implementation District Courts pursuant
to section 103(c) of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, the Judicial
Conference of the United States may develop one or more model civil justice
expense and delay reduction plans. Any such model plan shall be accompanied
by a report explaining the manner in which the plan complies with section 473 of
this title.
- (2) The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may make
recommendations to the Judicial Conference regarding the development of any
model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan.
- (b) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall transmit to the United States district courts and to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives
copies of any model plan and accompanying report.
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