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The Honorable Benjamin Hursh was appointed to the bench on February 1, 2017, in the District of Montana. With the consent of Judge Hursh, the Ninth Circuit entered a temporary transfer to allow Judge Hursh to preside over cases in the District of Idaho. The transfer is in addition to Judge Hursh's duties as Chief Bankruptcy Judge in the District of Montana.
Judge Hursh has been assigned all of the cases over which Judge Hillen has a conflict, and he has been assigned a portion of the new chapter 7, 11, and 12 cases filed in both Southern and Eastern Idaho.