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After deadly N.J. shooting, US judiciary seeks to boost judges’ security at home, work
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) The federal judiciary says it needs to boost security for judges at home and work following a deadly shooting at a judge’s home last summer, protests that damaged more than 50 courthouses around the country last year and the Jan 6. assault on the U.S. Capitol.
All federal judges are being offered upgrades, including video monitoring, of “antiquated’ home security systems, U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan of Oklahoma said Tuesday after a meeting of the Judicial Conference, the policy-making arm of the federal courts.
Colorado needs two additional trial court judges on its seven-member court, the policymaking body for the federal judiciary affirmed on Tuesday.
The U.S. Judicial Conference, which consists of members from all of the circuit courts of appeals nationwide, released a proposal to add 79 federal judgeships, 77 of which would be at the U.S. District Court level throughout the country. Congress last approved a comprehensive bill to add judges in 1990, and most recently added a trial court judgeship in Colorado in 1984, when the state s population was roughly half of what it is today.
The Judicial Conference s recommendation for Colorado has held constant since 2019.
U.S. judiciary seeks to boost judges’ security at home, work By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press
Published: March 16, 2021, 5:56pm
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WASHINGTON – The federal judiciary says it needs to boost security for judges at home and work following a deadly shooting at a judge’s home last summer, protests that damaged more than 50 courthouses around the country last year and the Jan 6. assault on the U.S. Capitol.
All federal judges are being offered upgrades, including video monitoring, of “antiquated” home security systems, U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan of Oklahoma said Tuesday after a meeting of the Judicial Conference, the policy-making arm of the federal courts.
Federal judiciary seeks 79 new judgeships, money to improve courthouse security
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The Judicial Conference of the United States on Tuesday recommended that Congress create 79 new judgeships, including two on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco.
According to a March 16 press release, caseloads in the district courts increased 47% since the last major bill creating additional judgeships was enacted in 1990. The increase is based on caseloads at the end of fiscal year 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic affected case filings.
The proposal recommends creation of 77 new district court judgeships and two appellate judgeships. It also proposes that nine temporary district judgeships be converted to permanent status. The breakdown is here.