Judicial Conference of the First Circuit

(a) A judicial conference of the First Circuit will be held periodically in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 333. The chief judge shall preside at the Conference. (b) The chief judge of the circuit shall appoint a Planning Committee consisting of a circuit judge and/or district judge and such members of the Bar as they may designate to plan and conduct the Conference. (c) Members of the Conference shall include the following: (1) Presidents of the state bar associations of states and commonwealths within the circuit; (2) The dean or member of the faculty designated by the dean of each accredited law school within the circuit; (3) All United States Attorneys of the circuit; (4) Lawyers to be appointed from each state in numbers to be determined by the Planning Committee, such appointment to be made by the district committee of each district; if such a committee does not exist, such appointments to be made by the district judges as determined by each district court.

Such additional members of the Bar may also be invited as the chief circuit judge, in consultation with the other circuit judges, and the Planning Committee shall decide; and (5) All federal defenders designated by the chief judge of the circuit. (d) The Circuit Executive of this court shall be the Secretary of the Conference. Rule 48. Masters (a) Appointment; Powers.

A court of appeals may appoint a special master to hold hearings, if necessary, and to recommend factual findings and disposition in matters ancillary to proceedings in the court. Unless the order referring a matter to a master specifies or limits the master’s powers, those powers include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) regulating all aspects of a hearing; (2) taking all appropriate action for the efficient performance of the master’s duties under the order; 99 (3) requiring the production of evidence on all matters embraced in the reference; and (4) administering oaths and examining witnesses and parties. (b) Compensation. If the master is not a judge or court employee, the court must determine the master’s compensation and whether the cost is to be charged to any party.