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The Washington citizenry adopted a Constitutional Amendment on November 5, 1968, which authorized the legislature to create a Court of Appeals and to define its composition and jurisdiction. On May 12, 1969, the legislature passed the enabling act that established a Court of Appeals with three divisions and a total of twelve judges.
An appeal to the Court of Appeals is a matter of right - unlike the Washington Supreme Court, which has discretionary jurisdiction, the State Court of Appeals has mandatory jurisdiction – it must hear all civil and criminal appeals that are filed with the court. Court of Appeals judges are elected and serve six-year terms.
Governor Jay Inslee appointed Diaz to the King County Superior Court in December 2017, effective January 22, 2018. [3] [4] As a judge, Diaz presided over approximately four dozen trial in all types of criminal, civil and domestic matters. Governor Inslee appointed Diaz to Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals, effective September 2022 ...
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's request for an emergency order putting on hold a nationwide injunction issued by a federal judge in ...
Tate, 1 Wn. App. 1 (1969). [4] In 1982, Governor John Spellman appointed Pearson as an associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court. [5] He served as an associate justice from 1982 to 1987, having been named Acting Chief Justice in 1985, [6] and then chief justice from 1987 to 1989. He died in Gig Harbor, Washington. [7] [8]
Sutton is serving as a judge on the Washington Court of Appeals, Division Two, in Tacoma. [1] She previously served as a judge on the Thurston County Superior Court. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Sutton worked for the Attorney General's Office as a managing attorney and civil litigator.
Judge Appelwick first ran for election to the Washington Court of Appeals in 1998. [1] He ran unopposed again in 2018 [ 1 ] and retired from the court on March 31, 2022. [ 2 ] Before becoming a judge, Judge Appelwick practiced law for 18 years in family law, business law, and mediation. [ 3 ]
Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file ... Staab ran for election for the Division III District 1 judge of the Washington Court of Appeals. Staab won in the ...