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January 25, 2011
The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona has declared a judicial emergency that temporarily suspends a time limit set by federal law for bringing criminal defendants to trial.
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January 19, 2011
Although only six years old, OSCAR has come of age. The federal judiciary’s Online System for Clerkship Applications and Review, or OSCAR, grew in 2010 to include 1,501 federal judges and 98 percent of all law schools accredited by the American Bar Association.
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January 12, 2011
For most federal probation officers across the nation, there is no such thing as a typical work day. Lisa White and Kenny Lawrence are probation officers in the Eastern District of Missouri, and their work days hinge on the issues confronting the offenders they supervise.
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January 10, 2011
Chief Judge John M. Roll of the District of Arizona died on January 8, 2011. He was fatally shot outside a Tucson grocery store.
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January 08, 2011
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., issued the following statement regarding the January 8, 2011, death of Chief Judge John Roll.
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January 05, 2011
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. has issued his sixth Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary since he was appointed as the nation’s top-ranking jurist in September 2005.
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January 05, 2011
Some federal courts do not have enough judges to handle their caseloads. Help is available from within the federal judiciary – through something called intercircuit assignments.