Judges and Judiciary,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 21, 2017
No. The 9th Circuit should not be split up
Circuit division would have a devastating effect on the administration of justice in the western United States.
Billings
Sidney R. Thomas
Senior Circuit Judge
University of Montana School of Law, 1978
Sidney R. Thomas is chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
I oppose division of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Circuit division would have a devastating effect on the administration of justice in the western United States. A circuit split would increase delay, reduce access to justice, and waste taxpayer dollars. Critical programs and innovations would be lost, replaced by unnecessary bureaucratic duplication of administration. Division would not bring justice closer to the people; it would increase the barriers between the public and the ...
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