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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73

§3170 Speedy trial data

Title 18 › Part PART II— - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE › Chapter CHAPTER 208— - SPEEDY TRIAL › § 3170

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each district court clerk must gather the data and make the statistics listed in sections 3166(b) and 3166(c). They must use forms and follow rules set by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, approved by the Judicial Conference and after consulting the Attorney General. Clerks may get the needed information from the U.S. Attorney, the Federal Public Defender, private defense lawyers in the district, district judges, and the chief federal probation officer. They do not have to provide confidential or privileged material. The finished data must be shared with the district court, the planning group, the circuit council, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §3170

Crimes and Criminal Procedure — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)To facilitate the planning process, the implementation of the time limits, and continuous and permanent compliance with the objectives of this chapter, the clerk of each district court shall assemble the information and compile the statistics described in section 3166(b) and 3166(c) of this title. The clerk of each district court shall assemble such information and compile such statistics on such forms and under such regulations as the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall prescribe with the approval of the Judicial Conference and after consultation with the Attorney General.
(b)The clerk of each district court is authorized to obtain the information required by section 3166(b) and 3166(c) from all relevant sources including the United States Attorney, Federal Public Defender, private defense counsel appearing in criminal cases in the district, United States district court judges, and the chief Federal Probation Officer for the district. This subsection shall not be construed to require the release of any confidential or privileged information.
(c)The information and statistics compiled by the clerk pursuant to this section shall be made available to the district court, the planning group, the circuit council, and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

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Amendments

1990—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 101–647 substituted “section 3166(b) and 3166(c)” for “section 3166(b) and (c)”. 1979—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–43 inserted “continuous and permanent compliance with the” and substituted “described in” for “required by”.

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18 U.S.C. § 3170

Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73