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Page 2 of 2 <br />District Court <br />• any vacancy where weighted filings are in excess of 600 per judgeship; OR <br />• any vacancy In existence more than 18 months where weighted filings are between 430 to 600 per judgeship; <br />012 <br />any court with more than one authorized judgeship and only one active judge. <br />(1), In determining judgeship needs in the U.S. district courts, the Judicial Conference uses weighted fllings <br />as a means of accounting for differences in the time required for judges to resolve various types of civil and <br />criminal actions. Rather than counting each case as a single case, weights are applied based on the nature of <br />cases, For example, cases Involving a defaulted student loan are counted as 0.031 for each case. and patent cases <br />are counted as 1.9 cases. The criminal weights are applied on a per - defendant basis, The total for <br />_.-._-__._____._.._._... ._........._....._...._.._. ._... ._..__._.....-- -._.�._....-__ -- <br />"weighted rrlings perjudgeship" Is the sum of all weights assigned to civil cases and criminal defendants; i <br />divided by the number of authorized judgeships. <br />(2), In the courts of appeals, adjusted filings are used in a similar manner to weighted filings in the district <br />courts, Adjusted filings eliminate reinstated cases and weight pro se appeals as one -third of a case. All other <br />cases have a weight of one. The total for adjusted filings per panel" is adjusted filings divided by the number <br />of authorized three -'judge panels (authorized judgeships/3). <br />http : / /Www.uscourts. gov/uscom- is /Judges7udgeshipsNar,anr,ies /reports /j darevae.htoal 9/3/2013 <br />