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Government

Sep. 28, 2013

Federal courts, lawyers to face more cutbacks under new budget - even if deal reached

Whether Congress can strike a deal by Monday and avoid a government shutdown is unpredictable. Either way, federal courts in California will face severely reduced budgets starting next week.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Whether Congress can reach a deal by Monday and avoid a government shutdown is unpredictable, but either way, federal courts in California will face severely reduced budgets starting next week. Administrators and chief judges confront the difficult task of absorbing more cuts even though most fat in their spending has already been trimmed.


"We are so lean now, we can't afford to have a ser...

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