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Without backup, judge’s caseload backs up by David Montero The Salt Lake Tribune Published Nov 18, 2012 01:01AM MDT Utah’s immigration court has been stretched so thin since Judge Dustin Pead left in August to become a federal magistrate, several local attorneys say their pending cases have been pushed back well into 2014. “I’ve never seen cases backed up so far,” Salt Lake City immigration attorney Tim Wheelwright said. The state already ranks 10th in the country for backlogged immigration cases, with an average wait time of 543 days, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse Un... Copyright 2012 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.