§ 333. — Judicial conferences of circuits.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC333]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 15--CONFERENCES AND COUNCILS OF JUDGES
Sec. 333. Judicial conferences of circuits
The chief judge of each circuit may summon biennially, and may
summon annually, the circuit, district, 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. 646, 62 Stat. 903; Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 1185, 64 Stat.
1128; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, Sec. 38, 65 Stat. 723; Pub. L. 85-508,
Sec. 12(e), July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 95-598, title II,
Sec. 210, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2661; Pub. L. 101-650, title III,
Sec. 320, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 104-134, title I,
Sec. 101[(a)] [title III, Sec. 305], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321,
1321-36; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 2, 1996,
110 Stat. 1327.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 449, 450 (Mar. 3, 1911,
ch. 231, Secs. 307, 308, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 501, Sec. 1, 53
Stat. 1223).
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.
The revised section omits, as surplusage, the definition of
``continental United States.'' Other provisions of section 450 of title
28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., referred to were omitted as unnecessary in view of
section 604 of this title 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 610 of this title.
The provision as to travel and subsistence which was contained in
said section 449 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., is incorporated in
section 456 of this title.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 101[(a)] [title III, Sec. 305(1)], in
first par. substituted ``may'' for ``shall'' before ``summon
biennially'', ``preside at such'', and ``also be summoned''.
Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 101[(a)] [title III, Sec. 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.
1990--Pub. L. 101-650 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''.
1978--Pub. L. 95-598 inserted reference to bankruptcy judges.
1958--Pub. L. 85-508 struck out provisions which required judge of
District Court for Territory of Alaska to be summoned annually to the
conference of his circuit. See section 81A of this title which
establishes a United States District Court for the State of Alaska.
1951--Act Oct. 31, 1951, 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.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-598 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section
402(c) of Pub. L. 95-598, set out as an Effective Date note preceding
section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.
Effective Date of 1958 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 85-508 effective Jan. 3, 1959, on admission of
Alaska into the Union pursuant to Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R.
81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85-508,
see notes set out under section 81A of this title and preceding section
21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
Termination of United States District Court for the District of the
Canal Zone
For 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 Oct. 1, 1979, and ending midnight Mar. 31, 1982,
see Paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and
sections 2101 and 2201 to 2203 of Pub. L. 96-70, title II, Sept. 27,
1979, 93 Stat. 493, formerly classified to sections 3831 and 3841 to
3843, respectively, of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
