When the office of a district judge becomes vacant, all pending process, pleadings and proceedings shall, when necessary, be continued by the clerk until a judge is appointed or designated to hold such court.
When the office of a district judge becomes vacant, all pending process, pleadings and proceedings shall, when necessary, be continued by the clerk until a judge is appointed or designated to hold such court.
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 26 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 22,36 Stat. 1090).
The last clause of section
26 of title
28, U.S.C., 1940, ed., prescribing the powers of a designated judge was omitted as covered by section
296 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
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