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Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102

§474 Review of District Court Action

Title 28 › PART I — ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › CHAPTER 23 — CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS › § 474

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Chief judges in each circuit must work together to review every plan and report a district court files under section 472(d). They must suggest ways the district court can cut costs and speed up civil cases. A chief judge can pick another judge from the same court to do this job for them. The Judicial Conference of the United States must also review each plan and report filed under section 472(d). If the Conference finds a district court did not properly address problems on its civil or criminal dockets or did not follow its advisory group’s recommendations, it may ask the court to take more action.

Full Legal Text

Title 28, §474

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(a)(1)The chief judge of each district court in a circuit and the chief judge of the circuit shall, as a committee—
(A)review each plan and report submitted pursuant to section 472(d) of this title; and
(B)make such suggestions for additional actions or modified actions of that district court as the committee considers appropriate for reducing cost and delay in civil litigation in the district court.
(2)The chief judge of a circuit may designate another judge of the court of appeals of that circuit, and the chief judge of a district court may designate another judge of such court, to perform that chief judge’s responsibilities under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(b)The Judicial Conference of the United States—
(1)shall review each plan and report submitted by a district court pursuant to section 472(d) of this title; and
(2)may request the district court to take additional action if the Judicial Conference determines that such court has not adequately responded to the conditions relevant to the civil and criminal dockets of the court or to the recommendations of the district court’s advisory group.

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1991—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–198, § 2(2)(A), substituted “chief judge” for “chief judges” and struck out “court of appeals for such” after “judge of the” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–198, § 2(2)(B), substituted “circuit may designate another judge of the court of appeals of that circuit,” for “court of appeals” and “court, to perform that” for “court to perform the”.

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28 U.S.C. § 474

Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102