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More Federal Judges in Texas?

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"Judicial Conference Wants New Judges, Including Seven in Texas," is By John Council's report in the latest issue of Texas Lawyer.Last month, the Judicial Conference of the United States ? the federal judiciary's policymaking body ? recommended increasing the number of U.S. district judgeships across the nation, including a boost in Texas. That proposal, which the Judicial Conference approved on March 17, now is headed to Congress for consideration. Of the Judicial Conference's request for 38 new permanent federal trial judges, seven of them are in Texas ? one more than the 5th Circuit Judicial Council recommended. Of those, four are in the Western District, two are in the Southern District and one is in the Eastern District...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 13, 2009 (boomark / email).