28 U.S.C. § 474 — Review of district court action

(a) (1) The chief judge of each circuit's district^* courts, together with the chief judge of the circuit, form a committee that must (A) review every plan and report a district court^* submits under section 472(d) of this title, and (B) suggest any extra or changed actions the committee thinks the district court should take to cut the cost and delay of civil cases. (2) A circuit's chief judge can appoint another judge from that circuit's court of appeals, and a district court's chief judge can appoint another judge from that court, to handle these duties instead.

(b) The Judicial Conference of the United States must (1) review every plan and report a district court submits under section 472(d) of this title, and (2) may ask the district court to take further action if the Conference decides the court hasn't adequately responded to its civil and criminal caseload conditions or to its own advisory group's recommendations.