There have been many questions here in recent months on how the Judicial System in general, and the Federal Judiciary in particuler work...

There are ANSWERS to all the questions raised here in the cyberspace and can be found rather easily. The problem is that most of the answers are in the forms of ARTICLES describing "STUDIES" OF THE SYSTEM and directed toward professional groups, be it legislatures, judges or lawyers it .

What follows is a comprehensive "study". I tried to copy the FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT portion of it and copy it here for your benefit. It failed...

What follows is the site. I urge you to spend the time and read what the writer say about how Federal District Court Judges operate. It will answer some of your questions...

GLTA...

Gil...

http://www.law.umich.edu/facultyhome/margoschlanger/Documents/Publications/How_to_Study_District_Judge_Decision-Making.pdf