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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8106
To authorize 4 additional judgeships and to convert a temporary judgeship
for the district of Arizona.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 25, 2020
Mrs. LESKO (for herself, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. BIGGS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize 4 additional judgeships and to convert a
temporary judgeship for the district of Arizona.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Arizona
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Judgeship Authorization Act of 2020’’.
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
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Congress finds the following:
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(1) In its March 2019 report, the Judicial Con-
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ference of the United States requested from Con-
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gress, for the district of Arizona, the creation of 4
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new district judgeships and the conversion of 1 tem-
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porary judgeship to a permanent judgeship.
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(2) In fiscal year 2019, there were 14,205
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pending cases averaging 1,093 cases per judgeship
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in the district of Arizona. The median timelines for
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civil and criminal filings to disposition were roughly
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9.6 and 4.8 months, respectively. The filings for fis-
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cal year 2019 were 15,301, or 1,177 per judgeship.
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(3) The Judicial Conference of the United
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States defines a judgeship vacancy to be a judicial
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emergency if weighted filings are in excess of 600
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per judgeship.
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(4) The district of Arizona currently has 800
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weighted filings per judgeship, above the threshold
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for a judicial emergency and above the 2018 na-
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tional average of 513 weighted filings per judgeship.
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SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS FOR THE DIS-
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TRICT OF ARIZONA.
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(a) ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS.—The Presi-
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dent shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent
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of the Senate, 4 additional district judges for the district
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of Arizona.
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(b) CONVERSION OF TEMPORARY JUDGESHIP.—The
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existing judgeship for the district of Arizona authorized
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by section 312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Jus-
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tice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–
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273, 28 U.S.C. 133 note), as of the date of enactment
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of this Act, shall be authorized under section 133 of title
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28, United States Code, and the incumbent in that office
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shall hold the office under section 133 of title 28, United
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States Code, as amended by this Act.
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(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—
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The table in section 133(a) of title 28, United States
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Code, is amended by striking the item relating to Arizona
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and inserting the following:
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‘‘Arizona .........................................................................................
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