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[CITE: 28USC478]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
       CHAPTER 23--CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PLANS
 
Sec. 478. Advisory groups

    (a) Within ninety days after the date of the enactment of this 
chapter, the advisory group required in each United States district 
court in accordance with section 472 of this title shall be appointed by 
the chief judge of each district court, after consultation with the 
other judges of such court.
    (b) The advisory group of a district court shall be balanced and 
include attorneys and other persons who are representative of major 
categories of litigants in such court, as determined by the chief judge 
of such court.
    (c) Subject to subsection (d), in no event shall any member of the 
advisory group serve longer than four years.
    (d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), the United States Attorney for a 
judicial district, or his or her designee, shall be a permanent member 
of the advisory group for that district court.
    (e) The chief judge of a United States district court may designate 
a reporter for each advisory group, who may be compensated in accordance 
with guidelines established by the Judicial Conference of the United 
States.
    (f) The members of an advisory group of a United States district 
court and any person designated as a reporter for such group shall be 
considered as independent contractors of such court when in the 
performance of official duties of the advisory group and may not, solely 
by reason of service on or for the advisory group, be prohibited from 
practicing law before such court.

(Added Pub. L. 101-650, title I, Sec. 103(a), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 
5094.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. 
(a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 101-650, which was approved 
Dec. 1, 1990.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 472, 473, 475 of this title.
