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                  Datesort ascendingEvaluation of the Interim Recommendations from the Cardone ReportThis report evaluates the implementation of the interim recommendations made by the Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Criminal Justice Act, appointed by the Chief Justice, in its 2017 report. The 35 interim recommendations called for changes in the administration of the Criminal Justice Act to improve the independence of the defense function while the Ad Hoc Committee’s final recommendation—an independent Defender Commission within the judicial branch of government, but outside the oversight of the Judicial Conference—was considered. Drawing from defender program information as well as newly collected data, the evaluation considers the implementation of the recommendations and the extent to which implementation addresses the concerns with the administration of federal public defense identified by the Ad Hoc Committee.
              September 18, 2023Federal–State Court Cooperation: Surveys of U.S. District and U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judges and State and Territorial Chief Justices and Court AdministratorsThis report updates the findings of a 2016 survey of U.S. chief district judges regarding their past, current, and future plans for cooperation with the state courts, as well as their use of state–federal judicial councils as a forum for communication between the courts. This new report includes chief judges of the U.S. courts of appeals, chief justices and court administrators for state/territorial supreme courts, and chief judges of the U.S. district courts.
              May 31, 2023Jurisdictions with a High Number of Civil Jury TrialsThis report fulfills the Center’s requirement under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. No. 117-103), to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations “identifying jurisdictions that have a high number of civil jury trials and analyze whether the litigation practices, local court rules, or other factors in those jurisdictions may contribute to a higher incidence of civil jury trials.”
              March 8, 2023Court Orders Issued During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Criminal Justice Act Interim Voucher PaymentsThis report summarizes court orders (administrative, standing, or general) that the U.S. federal courts have issued regarding authorization of interim payments to Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorneys.
              February 15, 2023Electronic Filing in State CourtsThis report presents the results of an analysis of electronic filing practices in state courts to identify courts that require attorneys to complete electronic filings on the due date before a certain time other than midnight local time. We examined state-court systems in thirty states, chosen to include at least half of the states that comprise each of the eleven federal numbered circuits. An appendix includes rule excerpts. This report supplements a report on Electronic Filing Times in Federal Courts.
              November 22, 2022Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP) − Final ReportThis study presents findings related to the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot (MIDP) project in new civil cases initiated in district courts. The Center conducted the study at the request of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules.
During the pilot project, the Center posted program resources.
              November 1, 2022COVID-19 and the U.S. District Courts:  An Empirical InvestigationThis report uses caseload data to examine case-processing trends in the United States district courts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
              October 29, 2022Jury-Trial Demands in Terminated Civil Cases, Fiscal Years 2010–2019This report summarizes findings on jury-trial demands from court electronic records for civil cases terminated in fiscal years 2010–2019.
              June 15, 2022Results of a Survey of U.S. District and Magistrate Judges: Use of Virtual Technology to Hold Court ProceedingsThis report summarizes the responses to a survey conducted by the Federal Judicial Center in July 2021 to collect the experiences and insights of U.S. district and magistrate judges across the country regarding their use of virtual technology (videoconferencing and teleconferencing) before, during, and after the pandemic.
              May 31, 2022Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a) Consolidation, Appellate Finality, and Hall v. HallThis study examines the incidence of consolidated cases in the district courts with a focus on how often “original action final judgments” (OAFJs) create scenarios in which litigants may lose their appeal rights because of confusion about when to file a notice of appeal.
              May 12, 2022
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