NCJ Number
109919
Journal
Judges' Journal Volume: 26 Issue: 4 Dated: (Fall 1987) Pages: 14-17,35-36
Date Published
1987
Length
6 pages
Annotation
The Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuit Courts have completed the pilot testing of the New Appellate Information Management System (AIMS), which eliminates the most burdensome paperwork in case management and creates new opportunities for efficient case management and control.
Abstract
The docketing module replaces and integrates existing paper systems for case management. When a transaction is docketed with New AIMS, the system can automatically produce full-text docket entries for the case and for its companion cases and provide relevant information on previous docket entries, pending deadlines, and current case status while the transaction is being docketed. The module also creates the forms, notices, or other correspondence that result from the transaction; checks for deadlines that are created, changed, or satisfied as a result of the transaction; and determines whether case status should be created or changed as a result of the transaction. Using the Tables program and other data base tools, a system administrator can adapt New AIMS to court specifications. For the three pilot circuits together, New AIMS has provided a net quantitative benefit estimated at $45,000 annually. New AIMS complements other court management systems, and several courts of appeals and district courts have undertaken local use of automation that complements part of the national automation plan. 10 footnotes.