How many days did your local district judges have court proceedings last year? - PennLive

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If you find yourself in front of a judge in Pennsylvania, it’s most likely to be at a local magisterial district court.

Across Pennsylvania, 512 of the elected judges preside over traffic cases, set bail amounts in nearly all criminal cases, and rule on civil disputes, such as home evictions.

But a yearlong investigation and data analysis by PennLive and Spotlight PA found huge variations in how many days each had court proceedings.

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Some judges enjoyed light workloads in 2019 as taxpayers ponied up millions for salaries, pensions, health care.

We analyzed the calendars of 466 district judges for 2019, after eliminating judges in Luzerne County and Pittsburgh, for whom we could not obtain reliable data, and 23 judges who did not work the full year. We did a similar analysis using 2018 data.

Check out the interactive graphic below to see how many days your local magisterial district judge had court proceedings over the course of those two years.

Click here if you are unable to view the graphic.

There’s also a graphic to compare judges’ workloads across counties.

Click here if you are unable to view the graphic.

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