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US courts set to run out of money, begin furloughs as shutdown lingers
Federal courts will furlough staff and reduce operations as funding ends from the ongoing shutdown, with judges continuing essential work unpaid, officials said.
- On Oct. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts moved to curb operations, with the high court closing to the public Oct. 18 and furloughing staff as funding lapses.
- Because lawmakers remain at an impasse, the federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 depleted the judiciary's reserves that sustained about two weeks of normal operations, triggering a 'phase 2' funding lapse.
- Chief judges ordered that chambers staff deemed essential must continue working without pay, some courts will close clerk offices on Fridays, suspend training and hiring, and limit travel.
- Furlough notices will be handed out on Oct. 20, with federal judges continuing paid work while court staff and probation/federal defender offices face suspended paychecks.
- High-Profile arguments set for Nov. 5, Nov. 10 and Dec. 8 add urgency as each district, bankruptcy and appellate court decides operations during the funding lapse, the judiciary's administrative office said.
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The impact of judicial employee furloughs is all just a matter of time
Furloughs are set to hit nonessential employees within the U.S. federal court system on Monday, signaling what could be a significant escalation in the ongoing government shutdown. While not unprecedented, it does mark the first time the federal judiciary has been affected by a shutdown in three decades. Judge Robert Conrad, the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, warned in a letter sent to court administrators on…
Federal judges will continue their necessary work during the closure, but staff will only be able to carry out certain protected activities during the service. Judges and their staff will not be charged until the end of the closure.
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(Zero Hedge)—With the government shutdown about to enter its third week, the federal court system announced Friday that it will begin operating in a limited, unpaid capacity starting Monday – having exhausted the last of the court fees and other stopgap funds that had kept its doors open since Oct. 1. In a statement, the judiciary said that beginning Oct. 20, it will “no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations” across its 94 distric…
Funding runs out for federal courts, threatening delays and staff shortages
WASHINGTON — The shutdown of the federal government will begin to affect the operations of the federal court system Monday, including the Supreme Court, which will shut its doors to the public at a time when the judiciary is confronting a pileup of legal challenges to the Trump administration’s policies.
The Supreme Court announced that it will run out of funds on October 18 and has suspended public access to closed buildings, but still hears cases
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