Federal Judiciary: Information on the Population and Case Filings Per Judgeship for U.S. District Courts

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the distribution of the number of federal district court judgeships throughout the United States and the population and case filings per district court judgeship in each district and each state, focusing on: (1) the average population per authorized, active, and recommended federal district court judgeship by district and by state; (2) the average unweighted and weighted case filings--total, civil, and criminal--per authorized, active, and recommended federal district court judgeship by district court and by state; and (3) how district court workload is measured and used to assess judgeship needs.