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S 1727 111th Congress Senate

Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States to 2 circuits, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit into the Ninth Circuit (to be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands) and the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington).

Requires the President to appoint five additional circuit judges for the new Ninth Circuit and two temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit, to be stationed in California.

Specifies the locations where new circuits are to hold regular sessions. Locates the offices of the new Twelfth Circuit in Phoenix, Arizona.

Assigns active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment.

Sets forth provisions governing the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act.

Authorizes the temporary assignment of circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit among the new circuits.

Provides that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after enactment of this Act.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 191 Related bill Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2009
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Sep 30, 2009
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 30, 2009
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Sep 30, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1727: Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1727/
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