[United States Government Manual]
[September 15, 2009]
[Pages 75-78]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS 

One Columbus Circle NE., Washington, DC 20544
Phone, 202-502-2600
DIRECTOR                                          James C. Duff
Deputy Director                                   Jill C. Sayenga
Associate Director and General Counsel            William R. Burchill, 
                                                          Jr.
Deputy Associate Director                         Robert K. Loesche
Assistant Director, Office of Judicial            Laura C. Minor
        Conference Executive Secretariat
Deputy Assistant Directors, Office of Judicial    Jeffrey A. Hennemuth, 
        Conference Executive Secretariat                  Wendy Jennis
Assistant Director, Office of Legislative         Cordia A. Strom
        Affairs
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Legislative  Daniel Cunningham
        Affairs
Assistant Director, Office of Public Affairs      David A. Sellers
Assistant Director, Office of Court               Noel J. Augustyn
        Administration
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Court        Glen K. Palman
        Administration
Assistant Director, Office of Defender Services   Theodore J. Lidz
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Defender     Steven G. Asin
        Services
Assistant Director, Office of Facilities and      Ross Eisenman
        Security
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Facilities   William J. Lehman
        and Security
Assistant Director, Office of Finance and Budget  George H. Schafer
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Finance and  (vacancy)
        Budget
Assistant Director, Office of Human Resources     Charlotte G. Peddicord
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Human        Nancy E. Ward
        Resources
Assistant Director, Office of Information         Howard J. Grandier
        Technology
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Information  Joseph R. Peters, Jr.
        Technology
Assistant Director, Office of Internal Services   Doreen G.B. Bydume
Assistant Director, Office of Judges Programs     Peter G. McCabe
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Judges       R. Townsend Robinson
        Programs
Assistant Director, Office of Probation and       John M. Hughes
        Pretrial Services
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Probation    Matthew Rowland
      and Pretrial Services

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The Administrative Office of the United States Courts is charged with 
the nonjudicial, administrative business of the United States Courts, 
including the maintenance of workload statistics and the disbursement of 
funds appropriated for the maintenance of the U.S. judicial system.
  
  
The Administrative Office of the United States Courts was created by act 
of August 7, 1939 (28 U.S.C. 601). The Office was established November 
6, 1939. Its Director and Deputy Director are appointed by the Chief 
Justice of the United States after consultation with the Judicial 
Conference.
Administering the Courts  The Director is the administrative officer of 
the courts of the United States (except the Supreme Court). Under the 
guidance of the Judicial Conference of the United States the Director is 
required, among other things, to do the following:
    --supervise all administrative matters relating to the offices of 
clerks and other clerical and administrative personnel of the courts;
    --examine the state of the dockets of the courts, secure information 
as to the courts' need of assistance, and prepare and transmit quarterly 
to the chief judges of the circuits statistical data and reports as to 
the business of the courts;
    --submit to the annual meeting of the Judicial Conference of the 
United States, at least 2 weeks prior thereto, a report of the 
activities of the Administrative Office and the state of the business of 
the courts;
    --fix the compensation of employees of the courts whose compensation 
is not otherwise fixed by law;
    --regulate and pay annuities to widows and surviving dependent 
children of judges;
    --disburse moneys appropriated for the maintenance and operation of 
the courts;
    --examine accounts of court officers;
    --regulate travel of judicial personnel;
    --provide accommodations and supplies for the courts and their 
clerical and administrative personnel;
    --establish and maintain programs for the certification and 
utilization of court interpreters and the provision of special 
interpretation services in the courts; and
    --perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Supreme Court 
or the Judicial Conference of the United States.
    The Director is also responsible for the preparation and submission 
of the budget of the courts, which shall be transmitted by the Office of 
Management and Budget to Congress without change.
Probation Officers  The Administrative Office exercises general 
supervision of the accounts and practices of the Federal probation 
offices, subject to primary control by the respective district courts 
that they serve. The Office publishes quarterly, in cooperation with the 
Bureau of Prisons of the Department of Justice, a magazine entitled 
Federal Probation, which is a journal ``of correctional philosophy and 
practice.''
    The Director also has responsibility with respect to the 
establishment of pretrial services in the district courts under the 
Pretrial Services Act of 1982 (18 U.S.C. 3152). These offices report to 
their respective courts information concerning pretrial release of 
persons charged with Federal offenses and supervise such persons who are 
released to their custody.
Bankruptcy  The Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984 
(28 U.S.C. 151) provided that the bankruptcy judges for each judicial 
district shall constitute a unit of the district court to be known as 
the bankruptcy court. Bankruptcy judges are appointed by the courts of 
appeals in such numbers as authorized by Congress and serve for a term 
of 14 years as judicial officers of the district courts.
    This act placed jurisdiction in the district courts over all cases 
under title 11, United States Code, and all proceedings arising in or 
related to cases under that title (28 U.S.C. 1334). The district court 
may provide for such cases and proceedings to be referred to its 
bankruptcy judges (as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 157).

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    The Director of the Administrative Office recommends to the Judicial 
Conference the official duty stations and places of holding court of 
bankruptcy judges, surveys the need for additional bankruptcy judgeships 
to be recommended to Congress, and determines the staff needs of 
bankruptcy judges and the clerks of the bankruptcy courts.
Federal Magistrate Judges  The Director of the Administrative Office 
exercises general supervision over administrative matters in offices of 
U.S. magistrate judges, compiles and evaluates statistical data relating 
to such offices, and submits reports thereon to the Judicial Conference. 
The Director reports annually to Congress on the business that has come 
before U.S. magistrate judges and also prepares legal and administrative 
manuals for the use of the magistrate judges. The act provides for 
surveys to be conducted by the Administrative Office of the conditions 
in the judicial districts in order to make recommendations as to the 
number, location, and salaries of magistrate judges, which are 
determined by the Judicial Conference subject to the availability of 
appropriated funds.
Federal Defenders  The Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 3006A) 
establishes the procedure for the appointment of private panel attorneys 
in Federal criminal cases for individuals who are unable to afford 
adequate representation, under plans adopted by each district court. The 
act also permits the establishment of Federal public defender or Federal 
community defender organizations by the district courts in districts 
where at least 200 persons annually require the appointment of counsel. 
Two adjacent districts may be combined to reach this total.
    Each defender organization submits to the Director of the 
Administrative Office an annual report of its activities along with a 
proposed budget or, in the case of community defender organizations, a 
proposed grant for the coming year. The Director is responsible for the 
submission of the proposed budgets and grants to the Judicial Conference 
for approval. The Director also makes payments to the defender 
organizations out of appropriations in accordance with the approved 
budgets and grants, as well as compensating private counsel appointed to 
defend criminal cases in the United States courts.

Sources of Information

Information may be obtained from the following sources:

  Bankruptcy Judges Division. Phone, 202-502-1900.

  Budget Division. Phone, 202-502-2100.

  Defender Services Division. Phone, 202-502-3030.

  General Counsel. Phone, 202-502-1100.

  Human Resources Division. Phone, 202-502-3100.

  Judicial Conference Executive Secretariat. Phone, 202-502-2400.

  Legislative Affairs Office. Phone, 202-502-1700.

  Magistrate Judges Division. Phone, 202-502-1830.

  Office of Probation and Pretrial Services. Phone, 202-502-1610.

  Public Affairs Office. Phone, 202-502-2600.

  Statistics Division. Phone, 202-502-1440.

For further information, contact the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, One 
Columbus Circle NE., Washington, DC 20544. Phone, 202-502-2600. 
Internet, www.uscourts.gov.

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