The Judicial Conference, which convenes twice a year to consider administrative and policy issues affecting the court system, approved a request to Congress to add 68 permanent judgeships and convert seven temporary district court positions into permanent ones. The total request also includes two appeals court judgeships."There's a need to have additional judgeships ...
It also mentions that on average, more than 500 cases were assigned per judgeship in 17 of the 30 courts in which the conference is recommending additional judgeships. Notably, the number of judgeship requests made Tuesday was smaller than a similar request in 2021, which called for 79 new permanent judgeships. That request was ultimately not fulfilled by Congress.
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