This report presents preliminary findings from a survey of attorneys in recently closed civil cases which the Federal Judicial Center conducted in May and June 2009. Nearly half of the attorneys invited to participate responded.
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At its Fall 2007 meeting, the Appellate Rules Advisory Committee discussed the current circuit split over whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 7 authorizes the inclusion of attorney fees in a bond for costs on appeal.
Douglas G. Eisele, Civil Justice Advisory Group for the Western District of North Carolina
October 13, 1998
Western District of North Carolina Civil Justice Advisory Group chairman Douglas G. Eisele transmits his advisory group's final periodic assessment to CJRA Committee members, Article III judges, and magistrate judges
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
Cover letter to Clerk of the Court Nancy Doherty's transmittal of the Third Annual Assessment on the Impact of the Civil Justice Expense and Delay Reduction Plan for the Northern District of Texas to 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