Government
Oct. 2, 2009
Plea to Senate: New Judges Needed
A California federal judge told a Senate panel Wednesday that the state's Eastern District is the most overloaded in the country.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - A California federal judge told a Senate panel Wednesday that the Eastern District is the most overloaded in the nation and has become "a crisis" requiring immediate attention.
"The law is unstable if you don't have access to the courts, and that's where we are right now," U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill said. "We need hel...
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