A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to remand certain civil actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.

Bill: 114-s-1113
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2015-04-28
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Federal district courts

Judicial procedure and administration
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the federal judicial code to revise the process for remanding civil actions involving common questions of fact pending in different districts that the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation transfers to a single district for consolidated pretrial proceedings. </p> <p>Requires each action, upon a motion of a plaintiff, to be remanded back to the district court from which it was transferred if the panel does not remand the action at or before the conclusion of such pretrial proceedings within five years after the action is transferred.</p> <p>Directs the district court receiving a remanded action to then schedule the completion of discovery and a trial date in accordance with the civil justice expense and delay reduction plan implemented by the court.</p> <p>Makes this Act applicable to any civil action pending in a transferee district court on or after August 1, 2010.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1113 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 28, 2015 Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to remand certain civil actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.

1. Multidistrict litigation Section 1407(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking When and inserting (1) When ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) Upon a motion of a plaintiff in a civil action described in paragraph (1), if the panel does not remand the action at or before the conclusion of such pretrial proceedings to the district from which it was transferred before the date that is 5 years after the date on which the action is transferred— (A) the action shall be remanded to the district court from which it was transferred; and (B) on remand, the district court shall set a schedule for the time for completion of discovery and a trial date for the action in accordance with chapter 23 and the civil justice expense and delay reduction plan of the district court implemented in accordance with that chapter. . 2. Effective date The amendment made by section 1 shall apply to any civil action pending in a transferee district court described in section 1407 of title 28, United States Code, on or after August 1, 2010.