S. 1113 · 114th Congress
A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to remand certain civil actions transferred by the judicial…
Full title
A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to remand certain civil actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.
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Amends the federal judicial code to revise the process for remanding civil actions involving common questions of fact pending in different districts that the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation transfers to a single district for consolidated pretrial proceedings.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 28, 2015
Amends the federal judicial code to revise the process for remanding civil actions involving common questions of fact pending in different districts that the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation transfers to a single district for consolidated pretrial proceedings.
Requires each action, upon a motion of a plaintiff, to be remanded back to the district court from which it was transferred if the panel does not remand the action at or before the conclusion of such pretrial proceedings within five years after the action is transferred.
Directs the district court receiving a remanded action to then schedule the completion of discovery and a trial date in accordance with the civil justice expense and delay reduction plan implemented by the court.
Makes this Act applicable to any civil action pending in a transferee district court on or after August 1, 2010.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to remand certain civil actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.
Latest action (Apr 28, 2015): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Law · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 28, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.