as many of you know, the western district of wisconsin will have a complete turnover in 2009. judge shabaz took senior stat news january and chief judge crab will take senior status effective on the appointment of her successor. filings in western wisconsin went up 7% last year, and effective judiciary capacity fell by 50% because of medical leave. a crisis in that court has been averted only by the assistance of many other district judges in the circuit who have been pinch hitting. judges griefbach, statnewlier and -- all agreed to try cases in wisconsin last year. several arguments left them off the hook but without their willingness to pitch in the cases wouldn't have settled. and district judges moody and adelman are working on -- the southern district of end also faces hard times. it has -- of indiana faces hard times. it has five authorized position, but need more. it's among the district's busiest per filings per judge and has held its own only through superhuman efforts. this year there will be two vacancies. david hamilton of chief judge has been nominated to the seve

indiana, and the senior status actual or pending of both chief judge crab and shabaz in the western district of wisconsin. . judge crab and shabaz in the western district of wisconsin. one other change in western wisconsin, peter op is the new clerk and david blackwelder is the new clerk in the -- please join me in a round of appreciation. [applause] >>ly turn the program over now to the chief justice and i'll to the chief justice and i'll see you all chicago. [applause] >> you're watching c-span's america and the courts. next u.s. district judge royce lambert on salaries of federal judges and the confirm, process. he spoke at the u.s. district courthouse in washington, d.c. last march. this is a portion of the discussion. >> i really do want to talk about -- what i really want to talk about today is how we get more judges like tom flannery. and i don't mean just judge flannery. i mean judges like judge william bryant for whom our annex is named and joyce green and colleen fatelli. appointed by district judges as -- foreign intelligence veins court by chief justice rehnquist. judge flannery and the other