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Federal Judgeship Act of 2013

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The Federal Judgeship Act of 2013 (S. 1385) was introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) on July 30, 2013. The bill aims to establish 91 new federal circuit and district court judgeships.

Background

The Federal Judgeship Act of 2013 is another attempt by Senator Leahy, who also introduced the Federal Judgeship Act of 2009, to increase the number of permanent and temporary judgeships on the federal courts.

The last comprehensive judgeship bill to be passed was in 1990. That measure created 11 additional circuit court judgeships and 61 permanent and 13 temporary district court judgeships.[1]

According to the Secretary of the Judicial Conference, Judge Thomas Hogan:

“ Nationwide, our Article III district court have experienced a 38 percent growth in caseload since 1990 while seeing only a 4 percent increase in judgeships during this same time period.[2] [3] ”

Summary of legislation

This bill would create 5 new permanent circuit judgeships, 65 new permanent district judgeships, 1 new temporary circuit judgeship, 20 new temporary district judgeships, and permanent 8 temporary judgeships.

Permanent judgeships created

In the 2nd Circuit:

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Temporary judgeships created

In the 2nd Circuit:

In the 3rd Circuit:

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In the 5th Circuit:

In the 6th Circuit:

In the 8th Circuit:

In the 9th Circuit:

In the 11th Circuit:

Permanent status to temporary judgeships

In the 5th Circuit:

In the 8th Circuit:

In the 9th Circuit:

In the 10th Circuit:

In the 11th Circuit:

Chance of success

According to govtrack.us, this bill had a 44 percent chance of getting past the Senate Judiciary Committee and only a 9 percent chance of being enacted.[5]

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ American Bar Association, " Statement of the American Bar Association," September 30, 2009
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 LegalNewsline.com, "Leahy, Coons introduce bill to create 91 new federal judgeships," July 31, 2013
  3. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  4. ↑ Office of U.S. Senator Christopher Coons, "Senators Coons, Leahy introduce bill to create 91 new judgehships," July 30, 2013
  5. ↑ Govtrack.us, "S. 1385: Federal Judgeship Act of 2013"
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Notable federal judicial legislation
Landmark federal legislation

Article III of 1787 • Judiciary Act of 1789 • Judiciary Act of 1801 • Judiciary Act of 1802 • Jurisdiction and Removal Act of 1875 • Judicial Code of 1911 • Conference of Senior Circuit Judges Act of 1922 • Judges Act of 1925 • Administrative Office Act of 1939 • Federal Judicial Center Act of 1967 • Federal Magistrates Act of 1968 • Federal Magistrates Act of 1979 • Customs Court Act of 1980 • Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980 • The Court Security Improvement Act of 2007 • United States court reorganization legislation • United States Bankruptcy Courts legislation

Proposed federal legislation

Inspector General Act of 2009 • State Court Interpreters Grant Program Act of 2009 • Federal Judgeship Act of 2009

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