Law Practice
Oct. 8, 2008
Eastern District Copes With a Heavy Caseload
Chief Judge Anthony W. Ishii has asked 70 judges from outside the Eastern District to take 15 cases each, to bring its docket up to date. The plan could become a model for other overburdened districts.
By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer When Anthony W. Ishii became the chief judge of the Eastern District of California in June, he took over a court staggering under the weight of the highest per district judge caseload in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Ishii and his colleagues call the circumstances that have led to the increased filings the perfect storm: exponential civilian population growth, the largest concentration of prison...
Daily Journal Staff Writer When Anthony W. Ishii became the chief judge of the Eastern District of California in June, he took over a court staggering under the weight of the highest per district judge caseload in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Ishii and his colleagues call the circumstances that have led to the increased filings the perfect storm: exponential civilian population growth, the largest concentration of prison...
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