CASE LOAD Act of 2025

The CASE LOAD Act of 2025 adds five new federal district judges to the Eastern District of California over six years (two in 2027, one in 2029, two in 2031) to address an unsustainable caseload. It directly affects the court serving approximately 8.4 million residents across 34 counties, where pending cases per judge reached 1,308 as of 2022 - over double the national average. The bill amends the judicial positions table in federal law to increase the Eastern District’s authorized judges from eight to eleven. This is a concrete staffing change aimed at reducing case backlogs, not a policy on substantive law.