The thread was pre-written earlier but I didn't finish it until today.
Background on Larson here.
In the vast majority of cases, a criminal defendant is assigned to the same district judge for the entirety of the case, from arraignment to sentencing. That probably won't be the case for fakecel pedophile Nathan Larson. This warrants a lengthy explanation and a separate post.
Background
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution allows Congress to "constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court". Currently, the United States is divided into 94 federal judicial districts, each with a federal district court*. Overseeing these 94 courts are 13 federal courts of appeals, which in turn answers to the Supreme Court.
*The federal courts in Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands are technically territorial courts whose judges derive their authority from Article IV, not Article III, of the Constitution.
The Eastern District of California
The last time Congress redrew the geographical boundaries of the federal judicial districts was in the late 1970s. Back then, there were approximately 2.5 million people living in the Eastern District of California (E.D. Cal.), whose largest cities are Fresno, Sacramento, and Bakersfield. There were 5 judgeships authorized for this district.
There are currently over 8 million people living in E.D. Cal—more than triple, but the number of authorized judgeships has increased by only 1, from 5 to 6. Simply put, the Eastern District of California has long had some of the most overworked federal judges in the country. In 2017, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts recommended that Congress increase the number of federal district judges in E.D. Cal from 6 to 11. Congress is lazy, so they didn't.
Making the problem far worse is that there are currently 2 judicial vacancies in E.D. Cal. That is, there are only 4 active federal district judges serving a population of 8 million people. In contrast, there are 3 active federal district judges in the District of Wyoming, which has a population of less than 600k.
Of the 6 seats in E.D. Cal, 2 of them are allocated to the Fresno division. Seat 2 is occupied by Dale A. Drozd; Seat 4 is vacant and has been since February 2020. Consequently, Judge Drozd is probably the most overworked federal judge in the country, since he's doing the work of 2 judges in a district where the average judge handles twice as many cases as the nationwide average.
Last year, the district court for E.D. Cal declared a "judicial emergency", because there are nowhere near enough judges to handle their caseload. The clerks took the unusual step of randomly assigning cases to vacant seats...which is what happened to Nathan Larson. Larson's case is being overseen by Judge Drozd as a temporary measure, but will be reassigned to whichever person will be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to Seat 4.
In a standing order, Judge Drozd noted:
Larson's future judge?
In September 2021, the Biden administration nominated Jennifer L. Thurston to be a district judge in the Eastern District of California, who is currently a magistrate judge in the same district.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination last month; if the Committee votes to advance her, her nomination proceeds to a vote by the full Senate. If she receives her commission in the coming months, she will most likely become the judge who oversees Larson's case and sentences him.
Yeah, he's fucked.
Background on Larson here.
In the vast majority of cases, a criminal defendant is assigned to the same district judge for the entirety of the case, from arraignment to sentencing. That probably won't be the case for fakecel pedophile Nathan Larson. This warrants a lengthy explanation and a separate post.
Background
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution allows Congress to "constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court". Currently, the United States is divided into 94 federal judicial districts, each with a federal district court*. Overseeing these 94 courts are 13 federal courts of appeals, which in turn answers to the Supreme Court.
*The federal courts in Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands are technically territorial courts whose judges derive their authority from Article IV, not Article III, of the Constitution.
The Eastern District of California
The last time Congress redrew the geographical boundaries of the federal judicial districts was in the late 1970s. Back then, there were approximately 2.5 million people living in the Eastern District of California (E.D. Cal.), whose largest cities are Fresno, Sacramento, and Bakersfield. There were 5 judgeships authorized for this district.
There are currently over 8 million people living in E.D. Cal—more than triple, but the number of authorized judgeships has increased by only 1, from 5 to 6. Simply put, the Eastern District of California has long had some of the most overworked federal judges in the country. In 2017, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts recommended that Congress increase the number of federal district judges in E.D. Cal from 6 to 11. Congress is lazy, so they didn't.
Making the problem far worse is that there are currently 2 judicial vacancies in E.D. Cal. That is, there are only 4 active federal district judges serving a population of 8 million people. In contrast, there are 3 active federal district judges in the District of Wyoming, which has a population of less than 600k.
Of the 6 seats in E.D. Cal, 2 of them are allocated to the Fresno division. Seat 2 is occupied by Dale A. Drozd; Seat 4 is vacant and has been since February 2020. Consequently, Judge Drozd is probably the most overworked federal judge in the country, since he's doing the work of 2 judges in a district where the average judge handles twice as many cases as the nationwide average.
Last year, the district court for E.D. Cal declared a "judicial emergency", because there are nowhere near enough judges to handle their caseload. The clerks took the unusual step of randomly assigning cases to vacant seats...which is what happened to Nathan Larson. Larson's case is being overseen by Judge Drozd as a temporary measure, but will be reassigned to whichever person will be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to Seat 4.
In a standing order, Judge Drozd noted:
Larson's future judge?
In September 2021, the Biden administration nominated Jennifer L. Thurston to be a district judge in the Eastern District of California, who is currently a magistrate judge in the same district.
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination last month; if the Committee votes to advance her, her nomination proceeds to a vote by the full Senate. If she receives her commission in the coming months, she will most likely become the judge who oversees Larson's case and sentences him.
Yeah, he's fucked.
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