District Court moves to resolve log jam over vacant judgeship

Posted on January 29, 2008 by MorrisJames Delaware

Given that the vacancy in the fourth judgeship has lasted for over one year and is not likely to be filled in the near future, the District judges entered an Order on January 23, 2008 rescinding their prior Order "In Re: Assignment Of Civil Cases To United States Magistrate Judges" which was made effective on August 6 2007.  By this Joint Order, all cases assigned pursuant to the Order of August 6, 2007, and all cases filed in the future in the District shall, until further notice, be divided among the three active District Judges in accordance with the method currently employed by the Court for the allocation of assignments.

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