The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has an ongoing "judicial emergency" and has called in out-of-state judges to help with a backlog of cases.
The emergency comes after former President Barack Obama's 2016 nomination to fill a vacant post failed to gain Senate approval.
Starting Wednesday, two judges from Wisconsin will lessen the workload by taking on a number of civil cases from the Indianapolis docket, according to a news release.
District Judges William C. Griesbach and Lynn S. Adelman from the Eastern District of Wisconsin volunteered to preside over Indiana cases for the next three months.
A judicial emergency exists when a judicial post is vacant longer than 18 months and weighted filings are in excess of 600 cases per judge, according to the U.S. Courts website.
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