Judicial Conference Recommends 71 New Judgeships, Including Two on the Ninth Circuit
The Judicial Conference of the United States has again asked Congress to create additional judgeships to address burgeoning caseloads in many courts. Specifically, the Judicial Conference has recommended the creation of two additional seats on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and 69 additional district court seats.
From the release:
District court filings have grown by 30 percent since 1990, when the last comprehensive judgeship bill was enacted. Since 1991, the overall number of authorized district court judgeships increased by only four percent.
Burgeoning caseloads can lead to significant case delays. Delays result in increased costs for litigants and raise access to justice concerns, especially in civil cases that may take years to get to trial. Over the past 20 years, the number of civil cases pending more than three years rose 346 percent, from 18,280 on March 31, 2004, to 81,617 on March 31, 2024.
In developing judgeship recommendations, the Conference and its Committee on Judicial Resources use a formal survey process
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