28 U.S.C. § 462 : US Code - Section 462: Court accommodations

Search 28 U.S.C. § 462 : US Code - Section 462: Court accommodations

(a) Sessions of courts of the United States (except the Supreme
Court) shall be held only at places where the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts provides
accommodations, or where suitable accommodations are furnished
without cost to the judicial branch.
(b) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall provide accommodations, including chambers and
courtrooms, only at places where regular sessions of court are
authorized by law to be held, but only if the judicial council of
the appropriate circuit has approved the accommodations as
necessary.
(c) The limitations and restrictions contained in subsection (b)
of this section shall not prevent the Director from furnishing
chambers to circuit judges at places within the circuit other than
where regular sessions of court are authorized by law to be held,
when the judicial council of the circuit approves.
(d) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall provide permanent accommodations for the United
States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and for the United
States Court of Federal Claims only at the District of Columbia.
However, each such court may hold regular and special sessions at
other places utilizing the accommodations which the Director
provides to other courts.
(e) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts shall provide accommodations for probation officers,
pretrial service officers, and Federal Public Defender
Organizations at such places as may be approved by the judicial
council of the appropriate circuit.
(f) Upon the request of the Director, the Administrator of
General Services is authorized and directed to provide the
accommodations the Director requests, and to close accommodations
which the Director recommends for closure with the approval of the
Judicial Conference of the United States.