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Reports & Studies
Below is a list of a number of past published studies conducted by the Research Division. Some Center reports are not published or made publicly available due to restrictions in place from the source of the research request. Most research reports can be downloaded and in some instances, a hardcopy publication can be requested. See also Manuals, Monographs, & Guides.
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Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded] A description of the statutory sentencing alternatives in the federal courts. Addressed primarily to newly appointed district judges, the report relates sentencing alternatives to the policies of the agencies that carry out the sentences, particularly the Bureau of Prisons and the Parole Commission. Superseded by Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges (1985). |
January 1, 1983 |
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District Court Implementation of Amended Federal Civil Rule 16: A Report on New Local Rules An examination of the local rules federal district courts have developed in response to the 1983 amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16, which calls for increased use of scheduling orders in managing caseloads. An appendix contains sample local rules from fifteen districts. |
January 1, 1984 |
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The District Court Executive Pilot Program: A Report on the Preliminary Experience in Five Federal Courts A discussion of the roles and responsibilities of the position of district court executive as implemented in the mid-1980s in five pilot courts. The paper focused on the patterns that emerged from a discussion by chief judges and executives of the pilot districts. |
January 1, 1984 |
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Partial Payment of Filing Fees in Prisoner In Forma Pauperis Cases in Federal Courts: A Preliminary Report A description of the procedures used in several district courts to adjust the filing fee to the amount of income available to a prisoner. The report details the operation of the program in the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, and assesses the impact of the procedure on the court and litigants. |
January 1, 1984 |
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A Process-Descriptive Study of the Drug Aftercare Program For Drug-Dependent Federal Offenders The preliminary report of the Center's multiphase effort to document the effects of the Probation Division's aftercare program for drug-dependent federal offenders. The author reviews the operation of the program in a sample of ten probation districts. He describes the program's general approach; various characteristics of offenders in the program; services planned for and received by offenders; and adjustment experiences of offenders in aftercare, including resumed or continued drug use, new arrests and convictions, and technical violations. |
January 1, 1984 |
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Judicial Regulation of Attorneys' Fees: Beginning the Process at Pretrial 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. Counsel for plaintiffs, defendants, corporations, unions, low-income clients, and public-interest groups were asked to compare the guidelines in the Continental Illinois case with their own practices. The author reports their approval of the general approach and details their suggestions for refinement of the order. |
January 1, 1984 |
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Mediation in the Western District of Washington 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. |
January 1, 1984 |
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Unpublished Dispositions: Problems of Access and Use in the Courts of Appeals A brief analysis of the issue of equitable access to unpublished appellate decisions, based on an examination of the circuit courts' rules and practices regarding distribution and citation of unpublished dispositions. Data on the number and types of unpublished dispositions in statistical years 1981 to 1984 are presented. |
January 1, 1985 |
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The First Decade of the Circuit Court Executive: An Evaluation A description of the evolution of the circuit executive position. The author, a longtime federal personnel executive and observer, considered the extent to which expectations for the executives' role in the administration of justice were realized and offered recommendations for further development of that role. |
January 1, 1985 |
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Administration of Justice in a Large Appellate Court: The Ninth Circuit Innovations Project A description of a series of innovations adopted by the Ninth Circuit court of appeals from 1980 to 1982. The report outlines the court's Submission-Without-Argument and Prebriefing Conference programs and its modifications in the calendaring of oral arguments, and it reviews the effects of these innovations on case processing and the circuit's workload. |
January 1, 1985 |