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5 days ago

From legal defender to docket warrior, Supervising Judge Novillo takes on Queens Criminal Court | amNewYork

Edwin Novillo transitioned from Legal Aid public defender to supervising judge, expanding trial capacity and reducing case backlogs through relentless accessibility and work ethic.
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2 months ago

Military Lawyers Called Up to Relieve a Shortfall in Immigration Judges | KQED

As part of its aggressive immigration policy, the Trump administration has moved fast to increase the rate of arrests of undocumented immigration, and scale up detention space and deportations. But the rapid pace of arrests has contributed to the millions of cases backlogged at the Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review, which houses immigration courts. At the same time, in the last nine months, EOIR has lost over 100 judges to firings and voluntary resignations, down from about 700 judges at the start of the year.
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