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May 21, 2012
Weeks before the NATO protests in Chicago, the Court Security Committee for the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse assessed security concerns and plans. Court Security Committees in districts across the country are critical to the public's safety in federal courthouses.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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May 11, 2012
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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May 09, 2012
Bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2012, fell 13 percent compared to bankruptcy filings for the previous 12 months. Filings totaled 1,367,006, compared to 1,571,183 filed in the 12-month period that ended March 31, 2011.
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May 08, 2012
Judge James R. Browning, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for more than 50 years, died at age 93 on May 5. He served as his court’s chief judge for 12 years, and was Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court before his judicial appointment.
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May 03, 2012
Budget problems are affecting everyone in the federal judiciary, but chief probation officers across the nation are harnessing technology and imaginative teamwork to cope.
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May 01, 2012
May 1 is Law Day in the United States, a day to reflect on what the rule of law has meant to the development of our nation and the continuing role it plays.