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United States Courts
The United States Courts Committee has met three times in 2002-2003,
with one meeting remaining. Each meeting has included reports from
the Eastern and Western Districts on matters of current interest in
the districts. We have also had detailed reports from the Western District
on their experience in implementing electronic case management and electronic
case filing ("ECM/ECF"), and have had reports from the Eastern
District on their plans for implementing ECM/ECF as well. We have examined
the steps being taken in each district to equip and make available "high
tech" courtrooms, including an on site demonstration of Judge McKeague's
newly equipped courtroom in Lansing. We reviewed for potential comment
proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence, Federal Rules
of Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and Rules
Governing § 2254 and § 2255 Proceedings, and submitted comments to the
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure on certain of the proposed
amendments to the §§ 2254 and 2255 rules. Finally, we examined the
report of the Volcker Commission as it relates to federal judicial salaries,
and submitted a resolution in support of the commission's recommendations
to the Representative Assembly for its consideration. The Representative
Assembly, at its April 26, 2003 meeting, declined to adopt the resolution
proposed by the committee.
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