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The last county to achieve trial court unification was Kern County, where the state's last four municipal court judges were sworn in by Chief Justice Ronald M. George as superior court judges on February 8, 2001. [26] Therefore, at present, the superior courts are actually not "superior" to any inferior courts within the judicial branch.
Sierra County was placed in the tenth judicial district in 1853 along with Yuba, Nevada, and Sutter counties, with Judge William T. Barbour holding the first district court session in Downieville on July 5, 1853; in succeeding years, Sierra would be moved to the fourteenth (1855; Nevada, Sierra, and Plumas counties), then the seventeenth (1859 ...
Each judge or courtroom in the United States has a law and motion calendar, setting aside the times when only motions and special legal arguments are heard.These items consist of pretrial motions (such as a motion to compel relating to discovery requests) or other legal requests that are not connected to a trial, and do not include trials themselves.
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Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
The court's year-long term commences on the first Monday in October (and is simply called "October Term"), with a Red Mass the day before. The court then alternates between "sittings" and "recesses" and goes into final recess at the end of June. Several Midwest and East Coast states and some federal courts still use the legal year and terms of ...
San Diego County was one of the original counties formed when California gained statehood in 1850. The first elected officers of the San Diego Court of Sessions met in October 1850, including presiding judge Hon. John Hayes and associate judges Charles Haraszthy and William H. Moon; the First Court House, approximately at the intersection of San Diego and Mason Streets, was part of what is now ...
A man was shot and a car crashed in an incident Saturday night at the Sierra Vista Mall.Clovis Police said they’re looking for three suspects. The shooting happened about 9:10 p.m. near the ...