The
Federal Judicial Center produced this Benchbook for U.S. District Court
Judges
in furtherence of its mission to develop and conduct education programs
for the
judicial branch. This Benchbook is not a statement of official Federal
Judicial Center
policy. Rather, it was prepared by, and it represents, the considered
views of the
Center's Benchbook Committee, a group of experienced district judges
appointed
by the Chief Justice of the United States in his capacity as chair of
the Center's
Board. The committee was assisted by Federal Judicial Center staff.
