18 U.S.C. § 3166 : US Code - Section 3166: District plans - contents

Search 18 U.S.C. § 3166 : US Code - Section 3166: District plans - contents

(a) Each plan shall include a description of the time limits,
procedural techniques, innovations, systems and other methods,
including the development of reliable methods for gathering and
monitoring information and statistics, by which the district court,
the United States attorney, the Federal public defender, if any,
and private attorneys experienced in the defense of criminal cases,
have expedited or intend to expedite the trial or other disposition
of criminal cases, consistent with the time limits and other
objectives of this chapter.
(b) Each plan shall include information concerning the
implementation of the time limits and other objectives of this
chapter, including:
(1) the incidence of and reasons for, requests or allowances of
extensions of time beyond statutory or district standards;
(2) the incidence of, and reasons for, periods of delay under
section 3161(h) of this title;
(3) the incidence of, and reasons for, the invocation of
sanctions for noncompliance with time standards, or the failure
to invoke such sanctions, and the nature of the sanction, if any
invoked for noncompliance;
(4) the new timetable set, or requested to be set, for an
extension;
(5) the effect on criminal justice administration of the
prevailing time limits and sanctions, including the effects on
the prosecution, the defense, the courts, the correctional
process, costs, transfers and appeals;
(6) the incidence and length of, reasons for, and remedies for
detention prior to trial, and information required by the
provisions of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure relating to
the supervision of detention pending trial;
(7) the identity of cases which, because of their special
characteristics, deserve separate or different time limits as a
matter of statutory classifications;
(8) the incidence of, and reasons for each thirty-day extension
under section 3161(b) with respect to an indictment in that
district; and
(9) the impact of compliance with the time limits of
subsections (b) and (c) of section 3161 upon the civil case
calendar in the district.
(c) Each district plan required by section 3165 shall include
information and statistics concerning the administration of
criminal justice within the district, including, but not limited
to:
(1) the time span between arrest and indictment, indictment and
trial, and conviction and sentencing;
(2) the number of matters presented to the United States
Attorney for prosecution, and the numbers of such matters
prosecuted and not prosecuted;
(3) the number of matters transferred to other districts or to
States for prosecution;
(4) the number of cases disposed of by trial and by plea;
(5) the rates of nolle prosequi, dismissal, acquittal,
conviction, diversion, or other disposition;
(6) the extent of preadjudication detention and release, by
numbers of defendants and days in custody or at liberty prior to
disposition; and
(7)(A) the number of new civil cases filed in the twelve-
calendar-month period preceding the submission of the plan;
(B) the number of civil cases pending at the close of such
period; and
(C) the increase or decrease in the number of civil cases
pending at the close of such period, compared to the number
pending at the close of the previous twelve-calendar-month
period, and the length of time each such case has been pending.
(d) Each plan shall further specify the rule changes, statutory
amendments, and appropriations needed to effectuate further
improvements in the administration of justice in the district which
cannot be accomplished without such amendments or funds.
(e) Each plan shall include recommendations to the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts for reporting forms, procedures,
and time requirements. The Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts, with the approval of the Judicial
Conference of the United States, shall prescribe such forms and
procedures and time requirements consistent with section 3170 after
consideration of the recommendations contained in the district plan
and the need to reflect both unique local conditions and uniform
national reporting standards.
(f) Each plan may be accompanied by guidelines promulgated by the
judicial council of the circuit for use by all district courts
within that circuit to implement and secure compliance with this
chapter.