Different types of cases impose different work demands on judges. Case weights are a measure of the average time consumed by cases of one type relative to other types.

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Caseloads & Case Weights

Appendix I: Sample Letter to Chief Judges of the Circuits Requesting District Judge Designations to the Circuit Meetings

Appendix P: National Consensus Meeting: Sample Set of Binder Materials

Appendix N: National Consensus Meeting: Participant Information Packet

Appendix Q: Final Time Estimates and Adjustment Percentages Used in the Calculation of the Case Weights

Appendix L: Circuit-Based Meetings: Slide Presentation

Appendix O: Modifications to the Initial Case-Weighting Structure

Appendix J: Circuit-Based Meetings: Participant Information Packet

Appendix E: Judge Advisory Group Meeting: Participant Information Packet

Appendix F: JS-10 Monthly Report of Trials and Other Court Activity

2003-2004 District Court Case-Weighting Study: Final Report to the Subcommittee on Judicial Statistics of the Committee on Judicial Resources of the Judicial Conference of the United States

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