<DOC> [110 Senate Hearings] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access] [DOCID: f:43897.wais] S. Hrg. 110-457 RESPONDING TO THE GROWING NEED FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS: THE FEDERAL JUDGESHIP ACT OF 2008 ======================================================================= before the COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION __________ JUNE 17, 2008 __________ Serial No. J-110-111 __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 43-897 PDF WASHINGTON DC: 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------- For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; (202) 512ÿ091800 Fax: (202) 512ÿ092104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402ÿ090001 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 ---------- STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page 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 ---------- 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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