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Tackling Case Backlogs: Georgia Courts Seek to Ease Dockets
"This round of awards completes the funding opportunities through the Judicial Council program for calendar year 2022," said Supreme Court of Georgia Presiding Justice Michael P. Boggs. "We are pleased to have provided these resources to 42 of the 50 judicial circuits in the state."
May 18, 2022 at 12:47 PM
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In its third award of federal grant dollars aimed at addressing case backlogs, the Judicial Council of Georgia Ad Hoc Committee on American Rescue Plan Act Funding has awarded just under $3 million to nine Georgia circuits.
Effective June 1, the latest round of federal relief will go toward hiring court employees, and the creation of temporary offices and courtroom facilities as a means to address case backlogs.
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