§ 3166. — District planscontents.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3166]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 208--SPEEDY TRIAL
Sec. 3166. District plans--contents
(a) Each plan shall include a description of the time limits,
procedural techniques, innovations, systems and other methods, including
the development of reliable methods for gathering and monitoring
information and statistics, by which the district court, the United
States attorney, the Federal public defender, if any, and private
attorneys experienced in the defense of criminal cases, have expedited
or intend to expedite the trial or other disposition of criminal cases,
consistent with the time limits and other objectives of this chapter.
(b) Each plan shall include information concerning the
implementation of the time limits and other objectives of this chapter,
including:
(1) the incidence of and reasons for, requests or allowances of
extensions of time beyond statutory or district standards;
(2) the incidence of, and reasons for, periods of delay under
section 3161(h) of this title;
(3) the incidence of, and reasons for, the invocation of
sanctions for noncompliance with time standards, or the failure to
invoke such sanctions, and the nature of the sanction, if any
invoked for noncompliance;
(4) the new timetable set, or requested to be set, for an
extension;
(5) the effect on criminal justice administration of the
prevailing time limits and sanctions, including the effects on the
prosecution, the defense, the courts, the correctional process,
costs, transfers and appeals;
(6) the incidence and length of, reasons for, and remedies for
detention prior to trial, and information required by the provisions
of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure relating to the
supervision of detention pending trial;
(7) the identity of cases which, because of their special
characteristics, deserve separate or different time limits as a
matter of statutory classifications;
(8) the incidence of, and reasons for each thirty-day extension
under section 3161(b) with respect to an indictment in that
district; and
(9) the impact of compliance with the time limits of subsections
(b) and (c) of section 3161 upon the civil case calendar in the
district.
(c) Each district plan required by section 3165 shall include
information and statistics concerning the administration of criminal
justice within the district, including, but not limited to:
(1) the time span between arrest and indictment, indictment and
trial, and conviction and sentencing;
(2) the number of matters presented to the United States
Attorney for prosecution, and the numbers of such matters prosecuted
and not prosecuted;
(3) the number of matters transferred to other districts or to
States for prosecution;
(4) the number of cases disposed of by trial and by plea;
(5) the rates of nolle prosequi, dismissal, acquittal,
conviction, diversion, or other disposition;
(6) the extent of preadjudication detention and release, by
numbers of defendants and days in custody or at liberty prior to
disposition; and
(7)(A) the number of new civil cases filed in the twelve-
calendar-month period preceding the submission of the plan;
(B) the number of civil cases pending at the close of such
period; and
(C) the increase or decrease in the number of civil cases
pending at the close of such period, compared to the number pending
at the close of the previous twelve-calendar-month period, and the
length of time each such case has been pending.
(d) Each plan shall further specify the rule changes, statutory
amendments, and appropriations needed to effectuate further improvements
in the administration of justice in the district which cannot be
accomplished without such amendments or funds.
(e) Each plan shall include recommendations to the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts for reporting forms, procedures, and
time requirements. The Director of the Administrative Office of the
United States Courts, with the approval of the Judicial Conference of
the United States, shall prescribe such forms and procedures and time
requirements consistent with section 3170 after consideration of the
recommendations contained in the district plan and the need to reflect
both unique local conditions and uniform national reporting standards.
(f) Each plan may be accompanied by guidelines promulgated by the
judicial council of the circuit for use by all district courts within
that circuit to implement and secure compliance with this chapter.
(Added Pub. L. 93-619, title I, Sec. 101, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2082;
amended Pub. L. 96-43, Sec. 9(a)-(c), Aug. 2, 1979, 93 Stat. 329; Pub.
L. 101-647, title XXXV, Sec. 3578, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4929.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 101-647 substituted ``extension'' for
``extention''.
1979--Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 96-43, Sec. 9(a), added par. (9).
Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 96-43, Sec. 9(b), added par. (7).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96-43, Sec. 9(c), added subsec. (f).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3167, 3170 of this title.
