ID HJM004

Urges Congress to authorize an additional United States District Court Judge and staff for the District of Idaho to handle current and anticipated caseloads.

Idaho's population grew from approximately 600,000 in 1954 to over 1.5 million as of the 2010 census, but the district has only two federal judges—the same number since 1954.

The District of Idaho has fewer federal district judges than any other Ninth Circuit judicial district except Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, despite having a larger population than Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming, which each have three judges.

Pending criminal and civil cases in Idaho's federal district court increased from 170 in 1954 to 942 as of September 2011, forcing the court to increasingly rely on out-of-state visiting judges, which increased 96 percent in 2008.

Directs the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to forward this memorial to the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House, and Idaho's congressional delegation.