Mr Cooper Group Inc (COOP)

[Evintos]

Yes - court filing fees only pays for some of court costs (very very little). Majority (99.9%) of the costs (wages for court staff, judge, janitors, etc.) of any case (even civil cases) cost tax payers.

(Court security is generally done by the Sheriff's department which have their own budget to begin with.)

The empty court space scenario is very very common even in a major city (like Chicago).

I can only hope that for a Judge who had a scheduled hearing would use that newly created "free" time to write/review orders for other cases they were assigned to.

My experience with government employees in general however would suggest that many are being paid to do nothing, often.

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In terms of moving up a court schedule, I've actually seen it done but usually because there are multiple cases assigned to a single court room with a generic time - EX. Traffic court in room A at 9am.

Not sure if it's done in bankruptcy court.