The Judicial Conference decided today to ask Congress for 57 new federal judge seats. Five are circuit judgeships, all for the Ninth Circuit. The rest are district judgeships, including three for New Jersey and one for Delaware.

Alas, no new judgeships for the Third Circuit, which hasn’t gotten a new seat in over a quarter-century even though it’s deciding 30% more cases than it did in the late 1990s.

The Judicial Conference announcement is here, and the list of requested judgeships is here.