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Mediation in the Western District of Washington

Karl Tegland

January 1, 1984

A description of an innovation applied in the Western District of Washington for mediation of selected civil cases. Under the procedure described in this publication, judges referred cases to attorneys who serve as mediators without compensation, in an attempt to induce settlements.

Partial Payment of Filing Fees in Prisoner In Forma Pauperis Cases in Federal Courts: A Preliminary Report

Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1984

A description of the procedures used in several district courts to adjust the filing fee to the amount of income available to a prisoner.

Judicial Regulation of Attorneys' Fees: Beginning the Process at Pretrial

Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 1984

A report on attorneys' assessments of the pretrial order designed to regulate and limit attorneys' fees during the course of the Continental Illinois Securities Litigation.

Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded]

Alan J. Chaset, William B. Eldridge, Anthony Partridge

January 1, 1983

A description of the statutory sentencing alternatives in the federal courts.

A Reevaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan

Anthony Partridge, Allan E. Lind

January 1, 1983

The report of the Center's second evaluation of the Second Circuit court of appeals' Civil Appeals Management Plan (CAMP), which in contrast to the first evaluation (see An Evaluation of the Civil App

A Comparative Evaluation of Stenographic and Audiotape Methods for United States District Court Reporting

J. Michael Greenwood, Julie Horney, M. Daniel Jacoubovitch, Frances B. Lowenstein, Russell R. Wheeler

January 1, 1983

A report on the results of research undertaken in response to section 401 of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982, which directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to "experiment with the different methods of recording court proceedings." The study evaluated the performance of aud

The Roles of Magistrates in Federal District Courts

Carroll Seron

January 1, 1983

A description of the scope of responsibilities of full-time magistrate judges in eighty-two district courts. The report also describes the processes by which magistrate judges are assigned those responsibilities and the frequency with which they are assigned various tasks.

Business by Phone in the Federal Courts

Barbara Meierhoefer

January 1, 1983

A discussion of the use of teleconferences to conduct certain proceedings in federal courts. The author presents reports of judges experienced with the procedure.

Evaluation of Court-Annexed Arbitration in Three Federal District Courts (Revised Edition)

Allan E. Lind, John E. Shapard

January 1, 1983

An early evaluation of the effectiveness of local rules that provided for mandatory, nonbinding arbitration in three federal district courts.

Administering the Federal Judicial Circuits: A Survey of Chief Judges' Approaches and Procedures

Charles W. Nihan, Russell R. Wheeler

January 1, 1982

A description of how chief judges of the federal appellate courts discharged their administrative responsibilities in the early 1980s, based on interviews with chief judges, circuit executives, and other court personnel.

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Research Reports

Mediation in the Western District of Washington

Partial Payment of Filing Fees in Prisoner In Forma Pauperis Cases in Federal Courts: A Preliminary Report

Judicial Regulation of Attorneys' Fees: Beginning the Process at Pretrial

Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded]

A Reevaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan

A Comparative Evaluation of Stenographic and Audiotape Methods for United States District Court Reporting

The Roles of Magistrates in Federal District Courts

Business by Phone in the Federal Courts

Evaluation of Court-Annexed Arbitration in Three Federal District Courts (Revised Edition)

Administering the Federal Judicial Circuits: A Survey of Chief Judges' Approaches and Procedures

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