Federal Judicial Center Operational Status:
Due to a lapse in appropriations, the Federal Judicial Center (Center) has ceased all non-excepted activities until funding is restored.
The Center will post any changes in operational status on this web page. Please check back for updates.
You are here
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.
Displaying 91 - 100 of 344
Title |
Date |
|---|---|
|
COURTRAN Project: A Benefit Analysis The Courtran Project is a research and development project being undertaken by the Federal Judicial Center. The aim of this project is to investigate how technology, especially the introduction of computer systems, can be used to support the federal courts. This study analyzes several existing and planned Courtran applications in terms of the benefits delivered to the courts. Each of the applications discussed has had a significant impact by assisting in day-to-day court operations and managerial requirements, as well as providing increased capabilities to satisfy the administrative and research needs of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and the Federal Judicial Center. |
January 1, 1980 |
|
COVID-19 and the U.S. District Courts: An Empirical Investigation This report uses caseload data to examine case-processing trends in the United States district courts during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
October 29, 2022 |
|
COVID-19 Focus Groups Summary: Themes and Highlights This report outlines the common themes that emerged in challenges and solutions identified in focus groups with district court judges and clerks of court, bankruptcy court judges and clerks of court, and magistrate judges from November 2020 to February 2021. |
December 10, 2021 |
|
Criminal Case Disposition Statistics, 1970 and 1972 - |
January 1, 1972 |
|
Data Analysis at the Federal Judicial Center This report to the Federal Judicial Center looks at problems related to the collection and analysis of data that were encountered during the Center's first 10 years of existence. These include the inability of available computer facilities to support research effectively and problems with the data or its documentation. |
January 1, 1977 |
|
Data from Middle Ground Districts (Memorandum) Memorandum to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules identifying two districts, the Northern District of Alabama and the Central District of California, as examples of "the 'middle ground' between current requirements and abolition of disclosure requirements." |
February 23, 1998 |
|
Data on Discovery Cutoffs Memorandum to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules expanding on earlier report on time limits on discovery. Findings are based on data gathered from a survey of counsel in 1,000 closed civil cases and differed from findings Rand Corp. presented to the committee. The memorandum includes the following two tables: Table 1: Length of discovery cutoffs Table 2: Percentage of attorneys who complained that time for discovery was too short by length of discovery cutoffs imposed. |
February 23, 1998 |
|
Decentralized Self-Regulation, Accountability, and Judicial Independence Under the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 A report prepared for the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal under the title: Administration of the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: Final Report. The report is in three parts: (1) a description of the appellate courts' processes for handling conduct and disability matters; (2) a discussion of data on the effects of the Act that the authors collected from interviewing chief circuit judges, circuit executives, and clerks of court, reviewing complaints and orders, and examining statistical data from the AO; and (3) a summary of chief circuit judges' assessments of the value of the Act and suggestions for change. The report presents the views of chief judges on the impact—or lack of impact—of the 1980 Act on judicial independence. Reprinted from 142 University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 25-207 (1994). |
January 1, 1994 |
|
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 |
|
Deciding Cases Without Argument: An Examination of Four Courts of Appeals A report on the role of staff attorneys and special judicial panels in the selection of cases for nonargument disposition in the federal appellate courts. The report was based on an examination of administrative records and on interviews with clerks, senior staff attorneys, and judges. It discusses the criteria and methods used in selecting nonargument cases, and it presents the judges' views concerning the role of oral argument. |
January 1, 1987 |