Judicial circuits that applied for their share of millions in remaining federal grant money aimed at resolving case backlogs will have to wait a little longer to learn whether administrators have granted their request, and to what tune.

The second round grant awards was slated to be announced this week. But the Judicial Council of Georgia Ad Hoc Committee on American Rescue Plan Act Funding instead announced a delay.

Nathan Deal Judicial Center, home of the Georgia Supreme Court and state Court of Appeals. Photo: John Disney/ALM Nathan Deal Judicial Center, home of the Georgia Supreme Court and state Court of Appeals, Atlanta. (Photo: John Disney/ALM)