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SJM110...............................................by JUDICIARY AND RULES
U.S. COURTS - IDAHO DISTRICT - Stating findings of the Legislature and
urging the Congress of the United States to authorize an additional United
States District Court Judge and commensurate staff for the District of
Idaho to assist in handling current and anticipated caseloads in the
District of Idaho.
01/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/29 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
01/30 10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Title apvd - to House
01/31 House intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
02/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/15 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/21 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
02/22 To enrol
02/25 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
02/26 Sp signed
02/27 To Secretary of State
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE SENATE
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 110
BY JUDICIARY AND RULES COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS
3 ASSEMBLED, AND TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
4 IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
5 We, your Memorialists, the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
6 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth
7 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
8 WHEREAS, in the year 1890, Idaho was admitted to the Union and Congress
9 created the District of Idaho and soon thereafter appointed Idaho's first
10 United States District Judge for the District of Idaho. A second judgeship was
11 created in the year 1954. Since that time, Congress has not approved any new
12 district judicial positions for the District of Idaho; and
13 WHEREAS, in the year 1954, the resident population of the state of Idaho
14 was roughly 600,000. Based on the year 2000 census, the current population of
15 the state of Idaho has climbed to 1,293,953 residents; and
16 WHEREAS, Idaho's United States District Judges are required to travel
17 throughout the state of Idaho to conduct hearings and trials in both civil and
18 criminal cases. The two judges hear cases in the four distant authorized loca-
19 tions including Coeur d'Alene and Moscow situated in northern Idaho and Poca-
20 tello and Boise located in southern Idaho; and
21 WHEREAS, the number of civil and criminal cases has increased signifi-
22 cantly since 1954, placing a burden on our judges and court system. In the
23 year 2001, a total of 852 cases were filed in Idaho's United States District
24 Court; and
25 WHEREAS, given the population growth in the state of Idaho, the concurrent
26 increase in cases filed in our United States District Court, and the logisti-
27 cal difficulty posed by our judges conducting proceedings in the far reaching
28 areas of our state, the addition of a third United States District Judge for
29 the state of Idaho is imperative.
30 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Second Regular Ses-
31 sion of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre-
32 sentatives concurring therein, hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the
33 United States to authorize an additional United States District Court Judge
34 and commensurate staff for the District of Idaho to assist in handling current
35 and anticipated caseloads in the District of Idaho; and
36 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate be, and she is
37 hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this Memorial to the Pres-
38 ident of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Con-
39 gress, and the congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the
40 Congress of the United States.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11744
The purpose of the Senate Joint Memorial is to urge Congress to
authorize and fund a third United States District Court Judge for
the District of Idaho together with an appropriate and ancillary
support staff.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact to the state general funds.
Contact
Name: Bart M. Davis
Phone: 208/332-1307
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SJM 110