Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial ProcedureRelease 119-102
§476 Enhancement of Judicial Information Dissemination
Title 28 › PART I — ORGANIZATION OF COURTS › CHAPTER 23 — CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS › § 476
Summary
The Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts must make a public report twice a year. For each judicial officer it must list motions pending over six months (with case names), bench trials under submission over six months (with case names), and cases not finished within three years after filing (numbers and names). The report must use the categorization rules in section 481 to keep the reporting uniform.
Full Legal Text
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 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102