Fourth Circuit Logjam Continues
Posted by marykeating on November 1, 2009 under Court news | 
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Barbara Keenan earned unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee to take an open spot on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Keenan has been a judge in every level in Virginia state courts, according to Legal Times. As reported here earlier, the Fourth Circuit has long been understaffed, with one of its openings vacant for ten years. Judge Andre Davis, from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, has been waiting for a vote from the entire Senate since June.
Federal judges in short supply on the Fourth Circuit | Maryland Employment Law Developments said,
[...] blog has previously discussed the difficulty of delivering justice to this region, in light of five openings (out of [...]
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