For those who practice in the federal court, the U.S. Senate confirmation of Jeffrey Meyer to the U.S. District Court in Connecticut comes not a moment too soon. A shortage of federal judges has been felt for the past two years, and even the state’s senior U.S. senator acknowledges the federal bench in the state remains understaffed.
Meyer, a professor at Quinnipiac University School of Law and former assistant U.S. attorney in Connecticut, was finally confirmed by the Senate on Feb. 24, nearly eight months after he was first nominated by President Barack Obama to fill an opening created by the death of Judge Mark Kravitz. But his confirmation was delayed by political squabbling in Congress, contributing to a backlog of mostly criminal cases, which get first priority in federal court.
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