Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 2/2/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-02Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S657)
- 2017-02-02Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-02 (00)
Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2017
This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) a newly established Twelfth Circuit, to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington.
Precedent from the former Ninth Circuit shall not be binding on the Twelfth Circuit.
The bill designates locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions.
The bill distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Circuit judges and senior circuit judges currently stationed in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, or Washington may elect their circuit assignment. For each circuit judge in regular service who elects to be assigned to the new Ninth Circuit, the President shall appoint one additional circuit judge for the Twelfth Circuit.
Cosponsors (2)
- JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ)
- Dean Heller (R-NV)
Subjects
- Alaska
- Arizona
- California
- Federal appellate courts
- Guam
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Judges
- Judicial procedure and administration
- Montana
- Nevada
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oregon
- Washington State
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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