PL 101--650 

~c. 103 

LA WS OF 10lal CONG.-2nd SESS. D~ I 

"(A) the information to be re<:ordcd in oistrict court 8Utomol('(! 'ystem.s; and 

,oro) fitan d:)rds for uniform c.a lcgori..z.a lion or charscteri..z.auon 

?f u~i i81 ~ctio ns for ~e purpose of re<'Ording information on 

. JudlcLoJ actlOr13 Ul the dLStnct court 8utomated ~(rds. 

"(21 The uniform rt4ndards presCribed unde r paragTBph (lXS) of 

this 'UbsectiOD .11.4]) include .£. dcfmition of ""hal constitutes 6 

d ismi£s.aJ of a cas.e and ,tand ard.s for measuring the Pcriod for which 

• motion hll3 ~n pending. · . . . . 

-(c) Each United Sta!.c:$ di.trict court duIll record information as 

prtlC1'ibed pUNU8nt to lu~on (b) of t.hia ~on. . . . . 

.. ~ .82. Ddinltlona ' 

"N. ~ in · th ~ :.chapter;' the . term ·'judicia.1 officer' QlC41\..l a 

United S18tC'$ district court judge or .a United St.a~ magistrate.". 

(b) !upI..OlOlTAnoN.-(l)·Excepl as provided in ~n 105 of t.hia 

Act, each United St.a~ dirtrict court ctWl., within three yean after 

the da~ of the ' enect.mc.ot o(·th.l. title. implement a civil justice expe~ e.nd delay reduction plan under section ,(71 of title 28, Uni~ States Code. as added by .ubsect.ion (at . 

(21 The ~uirernenu set fQrth in udioJU .(71 through ,(78 of title 

28. United States Code, M added by w"bsection (al. .hall remain in efT~ for ~ven yean after the date of the enactment of this title. 

(e) EARl.Y IUf'1.D(OfTAnON DtSTRtCTCouRTs.- . . 

(1) Any Unlted Slate. district court that. no earlier than 

June SO, 1991. and no later than December 31. 1991. ckvdo~ 

and implement.e a dvil JuUioe expell.6e and det.y te<3uction ple.n 

under chapter 28 of title 28. UnIted -Slates Code. as added by 

subsection (al. duI1J be dea{gnated by the Judicial Conference of 

the Un1ted States as an Ear1llmplementatioll District Court. 

(2) The chief Judg~ of . distrid &0 designated may apply to the 

Judicial Confe~nce (or additional resources. including tcclmo-

" logical and personnel .upport and Information· .ystems. ne<:" 

e:sury to implement l~ civil justioe expel\$(! and delay reduction 

plan. The Judicial Conference may provide such resources out of 

(unds appropriated purauant to aectiOIl 100(a). • 

(S) Within 18 montru aJ\er the date of the enactment of this 

title, the Judicial Conferenoe .hall prepare a report on the plans 

developed and implemented by the Early Implementation Dis· trict Courtt;-. . m The Director of the AdminU;trative Office of the Uni~ 

States Court.£ 5hall transmit to the Uni~ States district court.6 

and to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and 

House of Representative-s- . . (A) copie-s of the plans developed e.nd implemented by the 

Early Implementation District Courts; 

(13) the report.6 lubmitted by .uch district courts punuant 

to ~on 4?2(d) of title 2S. United States Code. AS added by 

lubS«tion (a); e.nd 

(el the report pn:p.are<l in accordance with paragraph (3) 

of this' 1>ubsection. 

(d) 1l:.otNlCAL AND CoNFORMINC AMENDNo."T.-The table of chapten; for part I of title 28, United States Code, is amended by ~ddini: 

at the end thereof the following: 

-1l. o.u Ju.lic( ~.~nt-< and d.I., rt'durtlon pl.no ___ . ___ ...... ____ ._. 471". 

104 STAT. 5096 

'". -.. 
D~ I JUDICIAL IMPROVEMENTS Acr 

sec. 10 •. DDfO."STRAno~ PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GDICRAL-{l) Durine the 4'y-ear period beglnning 00 Jo:nu . 

ary 1, 1991, the ·Judicial Con(erenc-c of the United Stat.c3· .hall 

conduct .a demonstration prObfam in aooordance ' ... :iul aubsection (b). 

(2) A di£trict court porticipatinS in the demonstIation p~a.m 

may Ills<> be an Early Implementation Dirtrict Court under &ect.ion 

1 ().3(c). ' .• . 

(b) P"OCR.4.).l Rt;quIRcNCJ\ • . -{l) TIle United States Dinrict Court 

for the Weslcrn District or Micb4;an end the Unit.ed Slates District 

Court {or the Northern District of Ohio .h4l1 u~riment ·..-ilh 

C)-rtcnu of differentiated ~ mADllgement that pl"'OVlde .pecifiC4lly 

for the e..ssignment of QI.&C::S to appropriate proci:ssing tracks 'thal 

operate ' under (:li6tinct ADd explacit rula •. procedurea. and time-

{re.m~ for the completion of di&covery e.nd (or trl.al,: 

(21 The Unit.c-d Statea Dirtrict Court (or the' Northern District of 

C.Ji{ornia., the United Statc-s Di.rtrict'Court for.the Northern Dis- . 

trict o( West Virginia. and the United State. DUtrict Court (or the 

Western District of Missouri .hAU experiment with vanOlla methods 

of ~ucint O()(;t, 8lLd delay in civillitigatioo, including al~mative 

cli.spute resol'e..stion. ·that auch district courts and ~ Judicial Con· 

(treoce of the United States .hall.el«t. ' . . 

(c) STlJDt or RI:suLTS.-Thc Judicial 'Conference of the Unit.c-d 

States. in am£11'tatioll with the Director 01 the FH6a1 Judicial 

Center and the. Di~r of ~ A~minUtnti"t. Off'~ C){ (be United 

States Cour1.6, .hall 6t.uoy U,e c:xperienoe 0( the dlrltict eourta under 

the demonstration program. . . ...: . . .: ." .: 

(d) RuoRT.-Not later than December'!I. 1995, the Judicial Con-

(erenoeofthe United Sta~ $halJ tre.ramit to the Committees on the 

Judiciary Of the Senate'and the Hotae or Representativca • report of 

the ruul~ orthe·deI.Donstration p~am. " . ' . . . SEC. lOS. PILOT PROCRAM.. 

(a) IN GOlDlAf_-(1) During the (-year period beginning on January 1. 1991. the Judicial Confereaoe or th~ United State. .hall 

conduct a pilot progTam in e.oc:Qrdanee wi,th .ubeection (b) . 

. (2) A district court participating in the pilot program ahall be 

designated 8.5 an Early Implementation Dirtrict Court under .ection 

103(c). . . . ~ • 

(b) PaOCMJo( ~U1R£MDn'S.-(J) Ten dinrict court..em thi8 .ection referred to AS "Pilot Districu") designated by. the Judicial 

Conference of the Uni~ Sta\.t:s 5halllmpte~ent expe~ and delay 

reduction plans under chapter 2:3 of title 28, Qnited States,Code (8.5 

added by I-C'ction l03(a)), not later than December 31, 1991. In 

addition to complying with all other applicable provisiobl of chapter 

23 of title 28. United Stales Code . (as added by &ect.ion 103(a». the 

upel\£C and delay reduction plana implemented by the Pilot Dialriru .hell include the 6 pnnciples and guidelines of litigation 

ma.n~ement and cost and delay reduction identified .in. ~on 

.73(11) of title 28, United Slale-s Code.. . ' 

(21 At least 5 of the Pilot DiGtrict.e desigTleW by the Judicial 

Conre~n~ duul be judicial district. encompa.a.silli' metropolit.a.o 

.~Ll.S. . ' . . 

(3) The txpense and delay rC<luction pla.ns impl~mented by the 

Pilot Districts lihall remain in dTect for e period of S yurt. At the 

~nd of that 3-ycar period, the Pilot Dislrict.e ,hall no lonl)er be 

f'C'<juirC<l to include. in their u\Xns-e end delay reduction plans, the 

104 STAT. 5097 

P.L. lOI~SO 

S«- IO~ 
P.L lOI-G50 

Se<.. 105 

LA WS OF lOIst CONG.-2nd SESS. Dec. I 

6 principles Bnd guidelines of litigation management and cost and 

delay reduction described in pBragraph 01. 

(d PROCM"" Sn;oy Rt:PORT.--{ll No( later than Oft-ember 3l. 

1995. the Judicial Conference r;hall rubmil to the Committ~ on the 

JUdiciary of the Senate and House of RepresenLnlivcs ~ report on the results of the pilo~ pr<>gTam under this section that includes ~n 

assessment of the extent to which costs cmd delay, were redue«las a result of the program. The report ,hall compare th05e rcsulu; to the 

impllc( on costs and delays in teo comparable judicial districts for 

" 'hich the application of -.ection ~7S<e..l of title 28. Unite<! SLal.eS 

Cod e. h$d been di.sCn:tionary. TIl.Ot (X)mparlson .hall be ba.sC<l on c 

study ~nducted by an independent. organization v:ith expertise in the arca of Federal (X)urt·management: 

(2XAl The Judicial Conference Ula.11 include In it.4 report a ~ 

ommendntion as to whether .ame or all diMct (X)urts £hould be 

required to include. in their cxpen£e and delay reduction/1ans. the 

6 principles and guidelines of litigation Dla.n~ement an cost and 

delay reduction identified in &eCtiOQ ~73(al of title 28, United SLates 

Code. 

(Ell[ the Judicial Conference ~mmends in itt; report that ~me 

or all district courts be ~ui~ to include IUch principles and 

guidelines in their expense and delay reduction plans, th~ Judicial 

Conference 5haU initiat~ pf'OCffdings (or the prescription of rules 

implementing its recommendation, pur&uant to chapter 131 of title 

2S, United S{ates Code. 

(el If in its report ~e Judicial Conference does .not ~mmend a.n expansion of the pilot program under cubparagraph (A), the Judicial 

Conference dl.all id~Dtify altematiw, more effective cost and d.elay 

reduction' programs that mould be implemented in light .of the 

findings of the Judicial Conference in it.6 report. and the Judicial 

Conference may initiate prooeedings (or the prescription of rules implem~ntUic its recommendation., pursuant to chapter 131 of title 

28, United States Code. . 

SEC. 1CHi . .AtiTJIORtZATJO~ 

(a) .E.uLY IWJ'l.EM£NTAnON I>lsntlCf CoURTS.-There is authorized 

to, be appropriated not more thaD $1.5,000.000 for f1SCal year 1991 to 

carry out the resource and planning needs necessary for the im· 

plementation of section lO3(c). 

(b) IMPt..OforrATION Of" CHIJ'T£Jl 23.-There is authorized to be 

appropriated DOt. mOre than $5,000,000 for f1SCal year 1991 to impleme.nt chapter 23 of title 28, United States Code. 

(d DEMONSTRATION PIIOC1l.A.M.--There is 8uthorized to be appropriated not more than $5,000,000 (or fiscal year 1991 to carry out the 

provisions of ~ion 1 O~. 

104 STAT. 5098