Title 28Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-73

§476 Enhancement of judicial information dissemination

Title 28 › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS › § 476

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must publish a public semiannual report. For each judicial officer it must give numbers and case names for motions waiting over six months, bench trials under submission over six months, and cases not finished within three years of filing. The report must use the categorization standards under section 481.

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Title 28, §476

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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 shall apply to the semiannual report prepared under subsection (a).

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28 U.S.C. § 476

Title 28Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73