28 U.S.C. § 139 — Times for holding regular sessions

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District courts decide their own schedules for regular court sessions. A court can stay in session all year at some locations. At other locations, a session lasts until it is formally closed or the next one begins.

This section says who decides when district court sessions start and how long they last. The court itself — through its own rules or orders — sets the times for starting its regular sessions at each location where it holds court. At one or more of those locations, the court's rules can say that it stays in continuous session on every business day all year long. At other locations, once a session starts, it keeps going until it is formally ended by an order of final adjournment, or until the next regular session begins there.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The times for commencing regular sessions of the district court for transacting judicial business at the places fixed by this chapter shall be determined by the rules or orders of the court. Such rules or orders may provide that at one or more of such places the court shall be in continuous session for such purposes on all business days throughout the year. At other places a session of the court shall continue for such purposes until terminated by order of final adjournment or by commencement of the next regular session at the same place.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 897; Pub. L. 88–139, § 1, Oct. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 248.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 897
1963Amended · Pub. L. 88-139 · 77 Stat. 248

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.

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