The chief judge of each circuit may summon biennially, and may summon annually, the circuit, district, magistrate, and bankruptcy judges of the circuit, in active service, to a conference at a time and place that he designates, for the purpose of considering the business of the courts and advising means of improving the administration of justice within such circuit. He may preside at such conference, which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the circuit. The judges of the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands may also be summoned biennially, and may be summoned annually, to the conferences of their respective circuits.
Every judge summoned may attend.
The court of appeals for each circuit shall provide by its rules for representation and active participation at such conference by members of the bar of such circuit.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64662 Stat. 903Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 118564 Stat. 1128Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 3865 Stat. 723Pub. L. 85–508, § 12(e)72 Stat. 348Pub. L. 95–598, title II, § 21092 Stat. 2661Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 320104 Stat. 5117Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101[(a)]110 Stat. 1321Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a)110 Stat. 1327Pub. L. 110–406, § 9122 Stat. 4293(, ; , ; , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; [title III, § 305], , , 1321–36; renumbered title I, , , ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 501, § 153 Stat. 1223Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 449, 450 (, §§ 307, 308, as added , ).
Section consolidates parts of sections 449 and 450 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.
Said section 450 contained definitions of “courts” and “continental United States,” and directions that sections 444–450 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to the administration of United States courts, should apply to the courts of appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and to the several enumerated district courts of the United States, including those in the Territories and Possessions as well as the Court of Claims, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and Customs Court. It also provided that the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia should have the powers of the senior judge and circuit judges, respectively, of a circuit court of appeals.
section 450 of title 28section 604 of this titlesection 610 of this titleThe revised section omits, as surplusage, the definition of “continental United States.” Other provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., referred to were omitted as unnecessary in view of which provides for the powers and duties of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Remaining provisions of said section 450 are incorporated in said section 604 and .
section 449 of title 28section 456 of this titleThe provision as to travel and subsistence which was contained in said , U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in .
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 110–4062008— inserted “magistrate,” after “district,” in first par.
Pub. L. 104–134, § 101[(a)]1996— [title III, § 305(1)], in first par. substituted “may” for “shall” before “summon biennially”, “preside at such”, and “also be summoned”.
Pub. L. 104–134, § 101[(a)] [title III, § 305(2)], in second par. substituted “may” for “shall” before “attend” and struck out “, and unless excused by the chief judge, shall remain throughout the conference” before period at end.
Pub. L. 101–6501990— substituted “biennially, and may summon annually,” for “annually”, struck out “the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone,” after “The judges of”, and substituted “the District Court of the Virgin Islands, and the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands shall also be summoned biennially, and may be summoned annually,” for “and the District Court of the Virgin Islands shall also be summoned annually”.
Pub. L. 95–5981978— inserted reference to bankruptcy judges.
Pub. L. 85–508section 81A of this title1958— struck out provisions which required judge of District Court for Territory of Alaska to be summoned annually to the conference of his circuit. See which establishes a United States District Court for the State of Alaska.
1951—Act , inserted reference to judge of District Court of Guam in first par.
1950—Act Dec., 29, 1950, provided for the presence of judges of District Courts of Alaska, Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands at annual conferences within their respective circuits.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–598section 402(c) of Pub. L. 95–598section 101 of Title 11Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note preceding , Bankruptcy.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Pub. L. 85–508Pub. L. 85–508section 81A of this titlesection 21 of Title 48Amendment by effective , on admission of Alaska into the Union pursuant to Proc. No. 3269, , 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of , see notes set out under and preceding , Territories and Insular Possessions.
Termination of United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone
Pub. L. 96–70, title II93 Stat. 493For termination of the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone at end of the “transition period”, being the 30-month period beginning , and ending midnight , see Paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and sections 2101 and 2201 to 2203 of , , , formerly classified to sections 3831 and 3841 to 3843, respectively, of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.