Citing a “judicial emergency,” a federal trial judge in Fresno said he will stop scheduling new civil trials as he tries to juggle two criminal dockets.

U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd of the Eastern District of California also announced in two standing orders issued Feb. 6 that he will no longer be able to hear oral arguments in all civil motions. Additionally, civil trials already scheduled through 2021 are unlikely to proceed on time, he said.

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