Mar. 3, 2026
In Sacramento, two thousand cases and counting
One of the most overburdened federal courts in the country is being swamped by immigration detention challenges, and a judge who had been making progress on his backlog says the gains have been wiped out.
If you practice in the Eastern District of California, you've heard it before: the court is overworked.
But recently, U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd suggested the strain has reached a new level.
At a hearing unrelated to immigration, Drozd opened with a familiar warning -- rulings may take longer because the Eastern District remains one of the most overburdened federal courts in the country. That refrain predates President Donald Trump's first term.
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