In re Certification of Judgeships

BARKETT, Chief Justice.

Under the provisions of article V, section 9, of the Florida Constitution, the Florida Supreme Court is responsible for determining the need for an increase or decrease in the number of judges required to consider and dispose of cases filed before the respective courts. To this end, we have analyzed case filings and evaluated the growth in the workload of the State Courts System over the past several years, in light of additional judgeships which have been authorized each year by the Florida Legislature.

As the result of this review, we certify the need for four district…