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Jun. 29, 2006

No Wasted Time

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill wastes no time.

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U.S. District Court, Eastern District (Fresno)
By Itir Yakar
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill wastes no time.

Completing his eighth year at the Eastern District, O'Neill serves in the nation's most overloaded court system, with more cases per judge than anywhere else in the country.

Last year, each Eastern District judge averaged 848 cases. The next-busiest district, Southern Mississippi, averaged 728 cases per judge. The national average w... (continued)

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