N14 U /04°777 Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States Activities of the Adminstrative Office of the United States Courts Judicial Business of the United States Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States Activities of the Adminstrative Office of the United States Courts Judicial Business of the United States Preparedb | 2 } Adm ry Strative ( tice + +) a Liniteq ; st; eS ( rts Thurgood i Aarshall Federal Judiciary Building Washinaton, D.C. 20544 CONTENTS Section 1: Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States ...............cccceeeeee 1-111 Section 2: Activities of the Administrative Office I 1-53 Section 3: Judicial Business I ei tl 1-388 Reports of the Proceedings of the Judicial Conference of the United States March 11, 1997 REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES Marcu II, 1997 WASHINGTON, D.C, JubICcIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES CuieF JusticE WituiAM H. REHNQUIST, PRESIDING LEONIDAS RALPH MECHAM, SECRETARY iV REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES March 11, 1997 Contents i a oe eee een neni te nesesis | Dt thebbiidestessecntteneesssaaeenhe’seeéensaeseseees 0eend 4 CE a ee ee a ee eee Te aT TTT ere 4 eee eee eee ee eb hbeenendenntdnsensesa 4 United States Sentencing Commission ..............06000 0ee0 e0a e 4 Dt bop tet peed peeebebibbssartbeassrbbo0e'4t0e20n%s 5 Funding for District of Columbia Court System .................0.. 6 Optimal Utilization of Judicial Resources ............0.000000000000. 7 Beaty OF Cie CHIRGE FUBNIOS AGE 0. ccccc cece ee e e eens 8 Ds : oes 605066 0 6.6000000040069060008040004 8 Committee on the Administrative Office... 0.0.0.6en e 10 ED 6654 005.006606040600000005000000000000088 10 Committee on Automation and Technology ................000 0ce0c0e 10 Long Range Plan for Automation ............0.c. c.e.e .ee0n s 10 SD + 66506466.5669096000-0040000000000000900000088 1] Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System ............... 1] OPED + 4 0900005960590000000040008 00000000084 1] Statistical Reporting of Intercircuit and Intracircuit Assignments ..... . 12 Reappointment of Bankruptcy Judges ... 2... 2.0.0... 13 Revision of Dollar Amounts in the Bankruptcy Code ............... 13 EEE 0.4.6 :0.60'0:60-406060000000400000000000008000008 14 ED «6.054 6.66006606640460600440000064600090004 14 EE «6 6.0 5 6.04.00459446665604600000006004004 14 Ethics Reform Act Gin Regulations ... 0... cece ees 14 ED 0 466.666 009-40060609966-060000000000000000 15 Committee on Court Administration and Case Management ............... 15 TT TR I Re 15 Staffing Resources for CJRA and Arbitration Programs ............. 16 A a 17 i a a a ea ne ee 17 Acquiring and Releasing Space .............0c .e.ce0 e0e e 18 Probation and Pretrial Services Divisional Offices ........... 19 Wibnceteemeows Fee GOMOGMIOS ww. cece eee eeeeeeeseees 20 ER Se ee ne 20 Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation .................. 20 ee ee 21 Victims’ Rights Constitutional Amendment ...................... 21 EE ee ee ee 21 I ee ee 22 EE ETC TTT TTT TTT EET T TTT TTT! 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'997, pursuant to the call of the Chief Justice of the United States issued under 28 U.S.C. § 331. The Chief Justice presided, and the following members of the Conference were present: Fi.s° Circuit: Chief Judge Juan R. Torruella Chief Judge Joseph L. Tauro, District of Massachusetts Second Circuit: Chief Judge Jon O. Newman Chief Judge Peter C. Dorsey, District of Connecticut Third Circuit: Chief Judge Dolores K. Sloviter Chief Judge Edward N. Cahn, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Fourth Circuit: Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III Judge W. Earl Britt, Eastern District of North Carolina Judicial Conference of the United States Fifth Circuit: Chief Judge Henry A. Politz Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., Southern District of Mississippi Sixth Circuit: Chief Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr. Judge Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr., Middle District of Tennessee Seventh Circuit: Chief Judge Richard A. Posner Chief Judge Michael M. Mihm, Central District of Illinois Eighth Circuit: Chief Judge Richard S. Arnold Judge Donald E. O'Brien, Northern District of lowa Ninth Circuit: Chief Judge Procter Hug, Jr. Chief Judge Lloyd D. George, District of Nevada Tenth Circuit: Chief Judge Stephanie K. Seymour Judge Clarence A. Brimmer, District of Wyoming to