28 U.S.C. § 141 : US Code - Section 141: Special sessions; places; notice

Search 28 U.S.C. § 141 : US Code - Section 141: Special sessions; places; notice

(a)(1) Special sessions of the district court may be held at such
places in the district as the nature of the business may require,
and upon such notice as the court orders.
(2) Any business may be transacted at a special session which
might be transacted at a regular session.
(b)(1) Special sessions of the district court may be held at such
places within the United States outside the district as the nature
of the business may require and upon such notice as the court
orders, upon a finding by either the chief judge of the district
court (or, if the chief judge is unavailable, the most senior
available active judge of the district court) or the judicial
council of the circuit that, because of emergency conditions, no
location within the district is reasonably available where such
special sessions could be held.
(2) Pursuant to this subsection, any business which may be
transacted at a regular session of a district court may be
transacted at a special session conducted outside the district,
except that a criminal trial may not be conducted at a special
session outside the State in which the crime has been committed
unless the defendant consents to such a criminal trial.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any case in
which special sessions are conducted pursuant to this section, the
district court may summon jurors -
(A) in civil proceedings, from any part of the district in
which the court ordinarily conducts business or the district in
which it is holding a special session; and
(B) in criminal trials, from any part of the district in which
the crime has been committed and, if the defendant so consents,
from any district in which the court is conducting business
pursuant to this section.
(4) If a district court issues an order exercising its authority
under paragraph (1), the court -
(A) through the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts, shall -
(i) send notice of such order, including the reasons for the
issuance of such order, to the Committee on the Judiciary of
the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of
Representatives; and
(ii) not later than 180 days after the expiration of such
court order submit a brief report to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives describing the impact of such
order, including -
(I) the reasons for the issuance of such order;
(II) the duration of such order;
(III) the impact of such order on litigants; and
(IV) the costs to the judiciary resulting from such order;
and
(B) shall provide reasonable notice to the United States
Marshals Service before the commencement of any special session
held pursuant to such order.
(5) If a district court issues an order exercising its authority
under paragraph (1), the court shall direct the United States
marshal of the district where the court is meeting to furnish
transportation and subsistence to the same extent as that provided
in sections 4282 and 4285 of title 18.