Newsletter of the Federal Courts
May 17, 2012
The DC-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has begun accepting electronic filings via the judiciary’s Case Management-Electronic Case Files system, joining every other federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy court in doing so.
May 16, 2012
A bill that would realign divisions in the U.S. District Courts in the Eastern District of Missouri and the Northern District of Mississippi has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.
May 11, 2012
Congress has passed, and the President is expected to sign into law, legislation saving temporary bankruptcy judgeships that could have expired in 10 judicial districts.
The Constitution’s Sixth Amendment states that in all criminal prosecutions “the accused . . . have the assistance of counsel for his defense.” But what does that mean for defendants who are penniless? In federal courts, the answer is the federal defender program.
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