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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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Deciding Cases Without Argument: A Description of Procedures in the Courts of Appeals A report on procedures and standards used by the courts of appeals in the 1980s for deciding cases without oral argument. The authors discuss the responses of clerks of court to a survey on court practices and present statistical information along with a review of relevant local rules. The report discusses only the procedures developed for typical cases; it does not consider special procedures for pro se cases, nor does it attempt to evaluate the screening programs. |
January 1, 1985 |
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Observation and Study in the Federal District Courts An assessment of the statutory procedure by which a judge may refer a convicted offender to the Bureau of Prisons for a period of observation and study. The report describes the current referral process and looks at the extent to which the reports prepared by the correctional institutions are meeting the courts' needs. Several recommendations for improvement are offered. |
January 1, 1985 |
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Attorney Fee Petitions: Suggestions for Administration and Management An analysis of the cases, statutes, local rules, and other materials affecting judicial management of attorney fee petitions. The authors offer alternative approaches to various attorney fee issues and discuss techniques for streamlining repetitive aspects of fee applications and disputes. |
January 1, 1985 |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Roles of Magistrates in Federal District Courts 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. |
January 1, 1983 |