Sentence examples for pending caseload from inspiring English sources
The measures to alleviate the backlog seem to be having an impact: the pending caseload in Manhattan Criminal Court is down nearly 20 percent from two years ago, and prosecutors are seeking the dismissal of far fewer cases because of missed deadlines.
In Baltimore, where there were 5,256 cases pending in September, closing 230 cut the caseload by less than 5percentt.
The five pending investigations into the Focus account for at least 7percentt of the entire defect investigation caseload of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to official documents.
Patricia M. Wald, a retired judge who served on the court for 20 years, highlighted the court's unique caseload in a recent Washington Post op-ed and pointed out that the number of pending cases per judge has actually increased, from 119 in 2005 to 188 today.
At 26 Federal Plaza, where 22 judges with 26,400 pending cases preside over a wide range of hearings on immigrants who are not detained, Judge Burr said an already crushing caseload is now swamped with many who should not have been placed in deportation proceedings by the government in the first place.
The court's caseload, in fact, reflects the diverse failings of Europe's various national judicial systems: the vast bulk of the 14,500 cases pending against Italy, for example, concern the inordinate length of Italian judicial proceedings, which can drag on for decades.
