there are more federal crimes, more federal prosecutions, the immigration load. in some districts, we have a serious problem. my home district in sacramento, california, is the eastern district of california. the average caseload for a u.s. district judge isabel 450 cases per year per judge -- is about 450 cases per year per judge. we need more judges. congress should authorize the judges in those districts. the western district of texas is another one. some districts filings have dropped, not much. that can be taken care of over time. article three judges can be assigned to other courts. we could not manage in the ninth circuit without visiting judges. we have been sitting judges come to take up the workload. -- we have visiting judges come to take up the workload. >> that is helpful, and gives me an idea of how things are going. i understand that as cases drop in certain areas, you said that can be taken care of as opposed to reassigning judges from declining caseload areas to areas that are increasing. that is one of the challenges we had. >> we do that on an i

the moment that's not true there is a huge the battle going on in europe right now about immigration and eat you know just pay attention even when it's loaded with your goods that are living off the i know it's there and i know it's had the swedish people so angry that's going to flip the government if there is and you try and get in there on a good front is actually moving sweet jesus was that was moving back it's you know could i go you know not a chance any up let's let's move along better reserve chairman ben bernanke he held a press conference today to talk about the fed's future efforts to stimulate the economy take a look. it's policy statement released earlier today the committee announced first that it is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its securities holdings and second that it will complete its plan purchases of six hundred billion dollars of longer term treasury securities by the end of the current quarter. what's really important here is what he didn't say in other words more interest secret low interest loans to banks and transnational corporations but no more quantitative easing he didn'

the caseload is changing, more federal crimes, more federal prosecutions in immigration load. some districts we have a serious problem. my home district of sacramento, california, is the eastern district of california. the judicial load, the average caseload for a united states district judge is about 450 cases per year per judge. and that's a lot but it is manageable. these judges are handling 11 to 1400 cases. you just can't do that. as judges, we need more judges, the vacancies, and the congress should authorize the judges in those districts. the western district of texas is another one. some distant filings have dropped, not much. that can be taken care of overtime. and we are in the happy position because article iii judges can be assigned to other courts. we couldn't manage in the ninth circuit without visiting judges. we had visiting judges come to take up court load. was that gender responsive? >> very helpful and it gives me an idea of how things are going. i do understand as caseload drop in certain areas that through time and i think is that kind of what you meant,