Sec. 481. Automated case information
- (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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