Memorandum to the Judicial Conference Subcommittee on Discovery of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules assisting review of a proposal to limit the length of depositions. Findings were based on data gathered from counsel surveyed on duration of depositions in 1,000 closed civil cases.
Francis E. Dosal, Civil justice Advisory Group for the District of Minnesota
June 13, 1997
Clerk of the Court Francis E. Dosal transmits the 1993-1996 CJRA Assessment Report of the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the District of Minnesota to Donna Stienstra of the Federal Judicial Center and Abel J. Mattos of the Administrative Office
James A. Parker, Civil Justice Advisory Group for the District of New Mexico
May 27, 1997
Judge James A. Parker transmits the 1996 Annual Assessment of the Condition of the Court's Civil and Criminal Dockets for the District of New Mexico to members of the Civil Justice Advisory Group
Geri Smith, Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Northern District of Ohio
May 19, 1997
Clerk of the Court Geri M. Smith transmits a copy of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Annual Assessment of the Civil and Criminal Dockets for calendar year 1996, published March 31, 1997
Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Southern District of California, Roberta Westdal, Michael J. Koziel
May 15, 1997
Clerk of the Court Roberta Westdal transmits the 1996 Periodic Assessment for the Southern District of California to Frederick Russillo of the Administrative Office
Ronald J. Hedges transmits a draft of the Fifth Periodic Assessment of the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan for the District of New Jersey to Frederick M. Russillo of the Administrative Office.
Lawrence A. Salibra, Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Northern District of Ohio
May 8, 1997
A Periodic Assessment of the impact of the Civil Justice Cost and Delay Reduction Plan enacted in the Northern District of Ohio. Transmitted to the Honorable Anne C. Williams by Advisory Group member Lawerence A. Salibra
L. Ralph Mecham transmits to Congress the Judicial Conference's 6-part final report on the CJRA including analysis of CJRA implementation, alternative plans for cost and delay reduction, and techniques, guidelines, and principles of CJRA efforts.