The Rocket Docket

Online Tool Can Assist Attorneys in Determining Reach of Federal Subpoenas

Fed. R. Civ. 45(b)(2) provides that a federal subpoena "may be served at any place:  (A) within the district of the issuing court; (B) outside that district but within 100 miles of the place specified for the deposition, hearing, trial, production, or inspection; (C) within the state of the issuing court if a state statute or court rule allows service at that place of a subpoena issued by a state court of general jurisdiction sitting in the place specified for the deposition, hearing, trial, production, or inspection; or (D) that the court authorizes on motion and for good cause, if a federal statute so provides."  Now, there is an online tool that can assist attorneys in determining the reach of a federal subpoena. 

Eastern District of Virginia is Still the Rocket Docket

According to the 2008 Federal Court Management Statistics, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has the shortest median time from civil filing to trial (9.8 months) of any federal court in the nation.  The Court has the fourth shortest time from civil filing to disposition (4.8 months).