2013-042 Requesting our US Senators to forward to President Obama a bi-partisan slate of qualified judicial nominees to fill the vacant federal judge position in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division with preferenc

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Congtessional Record, Vol=e 149 Issue 168 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003) Page 3 of 8 today. The bill would remedy a serious problem hindering efficient judicial administration in the Eastern District of Texas. This bill has the strong support of the Judicial Conference of the United States. As a provision of an omnibus court improvement bill, it has been passed by the House in two previous Congresses, only to remain unacted upon in the Senate. The judges of the Eastern District of Texas have formally resolved that half of the Sherman Division caseload will be docketed and tried in Sherman, Texas, and half will be docketed and -tried in Plano, 'Texas. A copy of an order of the court of June 13, 2003, stating this specifically and in some detail is enclosed hereto. The Judicial Conference and the court.in the Eastern District of Texas are-.well aware of the conderns of those in Sherman that the judicial business of the division would be' -' lai:gely txansferred to Plano: This is not and will not be the case. This issue was considered by the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration -and Case Management w}ien the proposal was first considered. The xeSolve of the. judges to assure oqu ;ty to Sherman, Texas, and other factors reZatii�g to the great need for a court presence in Plano caused-that committee.to recommend that the Judicial Conference approve this proposal, which it did. I congratulate you and the members of the Judiciary Committee for taking prompt action on this bill which will allow the court to better service the citizens of this region of Texas. Sincerely, Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Secretary. Enclosure. GFNERAL ORDER NO. 03 -15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS RESOLUTION REGARDING PLACES OF HOLDING COURT IN THE SHEMIAN DIVISION Since 1991, both this court and the Judicial Conference of the United States have supported legislation authorizing Plano as a place of holding court in the Sherman Division. Rapid-populatiou growth in the Sherman Division over the past decade, particularly in Collin and Denton Counties, underscoxes the need for an additional court facility. Sherman Division civil and criminal weighted filings over the past five years have grown by 100 %. Sherman now has the second heaviest weighted caseload of the six divisions in the Eastern District of Texas. In the near future, two resident district judges, a resident - magistrate judge and a visiting district judge will be hearing all Sherman Division cases in only two courtrooms. The court has already run out of room in Sherman and -reeds to acquire additional court facilities in the Division. Having court facilities in both Sherman and Plano will enable the court to better manage the rapidly growing caseload and provide better service to a large population base in southern Collin County. It is the court's intention, when a place of holding court in Plano is authorized, to assign the case filings as follows: 50% civil and criminal cases docketed and tried in Sherman http ;llwww.gpo.govlfdsyslpkg /CREC- 2003- 11- 19lhtml/CREC- 2003 -11 19- ptl -PgHl l 586... 9/20/2013