Title 28Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-73

§477 Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan

Title 28 › Part PART I— - ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS › § 477

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Judicial Conference can create one or more model plans to cut civil case costs and delays. Those model plans must be based on plans used by Early Implementation District Courts under section 103(c) of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, and each model must include a report explaining how it meets section 473 of this title. The Directors of the Federal Judicial Center and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts can offer suggestions, and the Administrative Office must send copies of any model plan and its report to all U.S. district courts and to the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Title 28, §477

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(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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section 103(c) of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101–650], referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is set out as a note under section 471 of this title.

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28 U.S.C. § 477

Title 28Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73