[Senate Hearing 110-457]
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                                                        S. Hrg. 110-457
 
  RESPONDING TO THE GROWING NEED FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS: THE FEDERAL 
                         JUDGESHIP ACT OF 2008

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                               before the

                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                       ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

                               __________

                             JUNE 17, 2008

                               __________

                          Serial No. J-110-111

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                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

                  PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts     ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Jr., Delaware       ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
HERB KOHL, Wisconsin                 CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California         JON KYL, Arizona
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin       JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York         LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois          JOHN CORNYN, Texas
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland         SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island     TOM COBURN, Oklahoma
            Bruce A. Cohen, Chief Counsel and Staff Director
           Stephanie A. Middleton, Republican Staff Director
              Nicholas A. Rossi, Republican Chief Counsel


                            C O N T E N T S

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                    STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, a U.S. Senator from the State of 
  California, prepared statement.................................    72
Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa, 
  prepared statement.............................................    79
Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont, 
  prepared statement.............................................   105
Sessions, Hon. Jeff, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama, 
  prepared statement.............................................   108
Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of 
  Pennsylvania, prepared statement...............................   129

                         QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Responses of George Singal to questions submitted by Senators 
  Specter, Grassley, Sessions and Cardin.........................     2
Responses of William Jenkins to questions submitted by Senators 
  Grassley, Sessions and Specter.................................    37

                       SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Bataillon, Joseph F., Chair, Committee on Space and Facilities, 
  Judicial Conference of the United States, Washington, D.C., 
  letter.........................................................    47
Cardin, Hon. Benjamin L., a U.S. Senator from the State of 
  Maryland, letter to James C. Duff, Director, Administrative 
  Office of the U.S. Courts, Washington, D.C., his response, and 
  attachment.....................................................    49
Cooke, John S., Deputy Director, Federal Judicial Center, 
  Washington, D.C., letter and attachments.......................    62
Federal Bar Association, James S. Richardson, Sr., U.S. Court of 
  Appeals for the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C., letters........    68
Jenkins, William O., Jr., Director, Homeland Security and 
  Justice, Government Accountability Office, statement...........    82
Judges in support of five additional judgeships for the Eastern 
  District of California, joint letter...........................    96
Singal, Hon. George Z., Chairman, Judicial Resources Committee, 
  Judicial Conference of the United States, Washington, D.C., 
  statement and attachments......................................   112
Steele, William H., U.S. District Judge, Southern District of 
  Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, statement............................   131


  RESPONDING TO THE GROWING NEED FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS: THE FEDERAL 
                         JUDGESHIP ACT OF 2008

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                         TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008

                              United States Senate,
                                Committee on the Judiciary,
                                                   Washington, D.C.
    The Committee was scheduled to meet, pursuant to prior 
notice, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-226, Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, with the Hon. Dianne Feinstein, presiding. The 
hearing was suspended because of an objection by the Minority 
Leader made on the Senate floor. As of the time of the 
scheduled hearing, statements for the record had been submitted 
by members of the Committee, written testimony had been 
submitted by witnesses scheduled to testify, and additional 
materials had been submitted for the record. After the date of 
the scheduled hearing, witnesses scheduled to testify submitted 
answers in writing to questions that had been submitted in 
writing by members of the Committee.

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