Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 11, 2012
Pending expiration of federal judgeship highlights lawmaker inaction
Litigants could see their Central District cases slow even further if Congress fails to extend or make permanent a temporary federal judgeship set to expire next year.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The wheels of justice often turn slowly. But federal litigants could see their cases in the Central District slow even further if Congress fails to extend or make permanent a temporary federal judgeship set to expire next year.
If lawmakers don't act, one of the district's 28 judgeships will lapse in October 2013. At that point, the next departure from the bench - a judge taking senior status, re...
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