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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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Sealed Settlement Agreements in Federal District Court—May 2003 Progress Report Case records generally are public records and all documents filed with a court are available to the public for inspection upon request unless a statute, rule, or order provides otherwise. This report summarizes federal and state court rules on sealing documents in trial courts files. It also describes early stages of research on sealed settlement agreements in federal district court. The research was conducted at the request of the Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. For the completed 2004 report on federal sealed settlement agreements, see Sealed Settlement Agreements in Federal District Court. |
May 1, 2003 |
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Second Report Pursuant to Section 202(e) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Pub. L. No. 111-203 (2010) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“the Act”) introduced a broad array of regulatory reforms in the financial sector. Among those reforms is Title II of the Act, which provides a process for the identification and orderly liquidation of distressed, systemically important financial institutions. Title II also directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to study the resolution of distressed financial institutions under Title 11 of the United States Code (the Bankruptcy Code). The AOUSC submitted its first report pursuant to section 202(e) of the Act on July 21, 2011 (“First Report”). The AOUSC now submits this second report in compliance with section 202(e)’s instruction that it summarize the results of its study in a report “[n]ot later than 1 year after the date of enactment of th[e] Act [and] in each successive year until the third year.” This report to Congress was prepared with the assistance of the Federal Judicial Center. |
July 27, 2012 |
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Sentencing Federal Offenders for Crimes Committed Before November 1, 1987 An update of a 1985 revised Center publication describing the statutory federal sentencing alternatives for offenders convicted of crimes committed before the effective date of the U.S. Sentencing Commission's Sentencing Guidelines. The report relates sentencing alternatives to policies of the agencies that carry out the sentences, such as the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Parole Commission. The report includes limited comparisons of old and new law. |
January 1, 1991 |
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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. This is a June 1985 Revision. Superseded by Sentencing Federal Offenders for Crimes Committed Before November 1, 1987 (1991). |
January 1, 1985 |
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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 (1983). |
January 1, 1981 |
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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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Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded] Reprint of article describing the judge's sentencing options in terms of the relationship between the formal sentence as imposed and the offender's subsequent treatment by the Parole Commission, the Bureau of Prisons, and the probation office. Examines policies and practices of agencies with postsentencing responsibility in terms of the policies' impact on the sentencing process. Reprint of 84 Federal Rules Decisions 175 (1980). |
January 1, 1979 |
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Settlement Strategies for Federal District Judges A discussion of various techniques for settlement, such as judicial mediation, court-annexed arbitration, the use of special masters, summary jury trials, minitrials, and settlement conferences conducted by magistrate judges. The report is based on a conference of judges experienced in different types of settlement, interviews with court personnel, and literature in the field. |
January 1, 1986 |
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Small-Group Decision Making and Complex Information Tasks A report on a search of the psychological literature for information about the competence of jurors to find the facts in complex, protracted civil trials. The author noted that little research had focused directly on this issue and concluded that in legal fact-finding in complex civil trials, groups had advantages over individuals as decision makers. |
January 1, 1981 |
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Social Security Numbers in Federal Court Documents Memorandum to the Privacy Subcommittee of the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, April 5, 2010. |
April 5, 2010 |