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

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 recalled 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.Jenkins, William, Jr. is the author of 'Federal Judiciary Information on the Use of Recalled Magistrate and Bankruptcy Judges Rj' with ISBN 9780756707590 and ISBN 0756707595.