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September 3, 2005
Fifth Circuit relocates to Houston
Following on this previous post about the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals emergency operations, Chief Judge Carolyn Dineen King announced on Friday that the Court would temporarily relocate to Houston. The court will resume operations in Houston in the Federal Courthouse at 515 Rusk Avenue in downtown Houston (View image) on September 14, and the current plan is to remain here for at least two months before eventually moving to temporarly quarters in Baton Rouge, La. Given the situation in New Orleans, the timing of a return to the Court's permanent offices there is problematic at this point.
Most of the Fifth Circuit's documents are digitized and backed up electronically on remote servers, so the Court's operations should be able to get back up to speed quickly. Most of the Court's paper documents were moved from the first floor to the second floor of its New Orleans courthouse before the storm, but the status of those files is still undetermined at this time.
Posted by Tom at September 3, 2005 4:51 AM
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