Opinion ID: 1779981
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Charge of the Commission

Text: Administrative Order No. AOSC04-21 directs the Commission, [b]y June 30, 2005 [to] propose a process and criteria for determining the resource needs and deployment patterns sufficient to address the workload of the district courts of appeal, including a re-examination of whether the 350-filings-per-judge threshold accurately reflects a basis for certifying the need for additional district court of appeal judges. On July 7, 2005, the Chair, Judge Martha Warner, provided a written update to the Chief Justice regarding the Commission's progress. Judge Warner reported that the Commission had concluded that a single number threshold most likely was insufficient to capture the intricacies both of the caseload as well as the other factors that make up judicial workload and indicated that the Commission was seeking to complete a relative case weight study. She stated that the Commission would provide additional information to the court by the end of September and that the re-write of the rule could be accomplished by Spring 2006.