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In the 2016 Eastern Idaho Bench Bar Conference held in Fort Hall on September 23, 2016, three federal judges from Idaho addressed current concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n

First, <\/span>Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill<\/span><\/span><\/a> explained that, based on the current caseload, Idaho needs another federal district judge. Currently, Judge Winmill is Idaho\u2019s sole active federal district judge. <\/span><\/span>Judge Edward J. Lodge<\/span><\/span><\/a>, who is 82 years old and intended to reduce his caseload after he took senior status, has continued taking on a significant\u2014but not full\u2014caseload.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To help illustrate the need for a new district judge, Judge Winmill compared the District of Idaho to the Eastern District of Washington, which has essentially the same caseload but <\/span>six active district judges<\/span><\/span><\/a>. The District of Idaho, on the other hand, has approximately 1.7 active judges: he and Judge Lodge. The workload is exhausting.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In the 2016 Eastern Idaho Bench Bar Conference held in Fort Hall on September 23, 2016, three federal judges from Idaho addressed current concerns. First, Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill explained that, based on the current caseload, Idaho needs another federal district judge. Currently, Judge Winmill is Idaho\u2019s sole active federal district judge. 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