Federal Judiciary Information on the Use of Recalled Magistrate and Bankruptcy Judges Rj

Summary: Recalled Magistrate & Bankruptcy Judges (RJ) return to judicial duties for a specified period of time. The use of RJ is one option district courts & bankruptcy courts have for obtaining temp. judicial assist. when they are experiencing a temp. workload increase, have one or more judgeship vacancies, or other reasons. The report determines: whether the demand for RJ has exceeded the no. of judges avail. to serve in re...called positions; whether the courts that recalled judges had judgeship vacancies &/or higher than avg. weighted case filings; the approx. cost savings assoc. with using a RJ rather than filling a full-time judgeship position. Charts & tables. [read more]