For 30 years, the federal court in Alexandria has been considered one of the fastest in the country. Those days could be coming to an end.

A key to Alexandria’s speed has been its practice of allowing any available judge to hear motions in any case. A single judge and case were attached only for trial. The efficiency of this so-called master calendar earned the court the moniker “rocket docket.”

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