| 135322864 | What actions, if any, did your court take during the reporting period to expeditiously resolve cases? | Actions taken during FY 2017-2018 to expeditiously resolve cases. |
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Actions taken during FY 2017-2018 to expeditiously resolve cases.
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Additional actions taken by the courts to address this objective
1st Circuit | In an effort to expeditiously resolve matters pending before the court, the court heard various cases on Administrative Conference days and other business days in addition to its scheduled court days. The court maintains an email notification tree to efficiently and quickly inform Clerk's Office, Central Staff, and judges of matters needing expeditious treatment. |
2nd Circuit | This court reported the status of cases pending with no disposition over 60 days. Also, all juvenile and custody matters were expedited to the first available docket after a reduced 30-day briefing period. The number of extensions have been reduced, resulting in expeditious docketing. All juvenile and custody matters are expedited to the first available docket after a reduced 30-day briefing period. |
3rd Circuit | The court continues to be current in hearing and rendering decisions on appeal and writ applications. There is little or no backlog in the court. The Chief Judge receives timely and accurate monthly reports on the status of any holdover cases, including appeals and writ applications and monitors these closely through communication with the individual judges. The court has a computerized case and opinion tracking program, which reflects completed as well as held over cases. This program acts as a constant reminder of the status of a judge s cases.
The court has two full-time paralegals on its criminal staff and one (1) part-time paralegal on its civil staff who work to ensure the timely and proper filing of records and track expedited criminal and civil writ applications. The paralegals also track the supplementation of appellate records.
The court is in the process of developing a new case management system to eventually provide for e-notification and e-filing. The court currently uses a form of e-filing for emergency writ filings.
The court utilizes its paralegals during court hearings to check in attorneys, time the oral arguments and to be the liaison between the judges, attorneys and clerk s office, thereby allowing the staff attorneys to research and write memoranda on writs and appeal without interruption.
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| Response | Response_Court |
| Added more panels per cycle | 1 court (3rd Circuit) |
| Additional actions taken by the courts to address this objective | 3 courts (1st Circuit, 2nd Circuit, 3rd Circuit) |
| Adopted and/or enforced policies regarding time extensions and abandoned appeals | 5 courts (1st Circuit, 2nd Circuit, 3rd Circuit, 4th Circuit, 5th Circuit) |
| Continued to address this objective through the actions indicated below, or implemented the following new actions to address this objective as indicated below: | 5 courts (1st Circuit, 2nd Circuit, 3rd Circuit, 4th Circuit, 5th Circuit) |
| Did not address this objective | 0 |
| Employed case managers to expedite court processes | 2 courts (3rd Circuit, 5th Circuit) |
| Improved docketing and scheduling | 3 courts (3rd Circuit, 4th Circuit, 5th Circuit) |
| Improved process of opinion writing and review | 1 court (5th Circuit) |
| Improved the manual system of case processing | 2 courts (1st Circuit, 3rd Circuit) |
| Initiated or maintained summary dockets | 1 court (4th Circuit) |
| Initiated or promoted a mediation program(s) | 0 |
| Installed or maintained an automated case management information system | 3 courts (3rd Circuit, 4th Circuit, 5th Circuit) |
| Planned the development of an automated case management system | 2 courts (2nd Circuit, 3rd Circuit) |
| Took steps to reduce cases under advisement | 2 courts (3rd Circuit, 5th Circuit) |
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